Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Libreville: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In February its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Libreville, with 218 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks joint 4th of 6 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 29.5°C; Libreville is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 218 mm to 270 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Owendo in FebruaryGabon · 13 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 218 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in FebruaryGabon · 144 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Bata in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Oyem in FebruaryGabon · 272 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Kribi in FebruaryCameroon · 287 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 mm rain
- São Tomé in FebruarySao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Ébolowa in FebruaryCameroon · 337 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 88 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.