Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Santa Cruz: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Los Baños (22 km away). In February its highs average 28.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Santa Cruz, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Santa Cruz ranks joint 111th of 151 for the warmest February highs and 67th of 151 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 151 cities is 28.3°C; Santa Cruz is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 70 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
Santa Cruz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 16.6 | 11.411 h |
| February, selected | 27.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 70 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 70 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 62 | 13.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 31.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 205 | 22.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 269 | 27.4 | 13.013 h |
| July | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 379 | 29.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 317 | 28.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 343 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 245 | 25.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 181 | 23.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 250 | 22.5 | 11.311 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
- Los Baños in FebruaryPhilippines · 22 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- San Pablo in FebruaryPhilippines · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Calamba in FebruaryPhilippines · 28 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Cabuyao in FebruaryPhilippines · 31 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Binangonan in FebruaryPhilippines · 32 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Mauban in FebruaryPhilippines · 35 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 184 mm rain
- Candelaria in FebruaryPhilippines · 39 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Lucena in FebruaryPhilippines · 45 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 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 Santa Cruz) is explained once on the Santa Cruz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.