Climate averages 1991–2020
Arecibo weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Arecibo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponce (52 km away). In February its highs average 28.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Arecibo, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Puerto Rico, Arecibo ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 7 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 7 cities is 28.4°C; Arecibo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 59 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
Arecibo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| February, selected | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 37 | 8.2 | 11.512 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 59 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 13.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 165 | 18.3 | 13.013 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 92 | 13.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 79 | 14.8 | 13.113 h |
| August | 31.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 101 | 19.6 | 12.813 h |
| September | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 154 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 138 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 113 | 17.4 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 48 | 11.4 | 11.011 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
- Ponce in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Mayagüez in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 54 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Bayamón in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 60 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 28 mm rain
- San Juan in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 64 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Caguas in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 75 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Carolina in FebruaryPuerto Rico · 81 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Punta Cana in FebruaryDominican Republic · 178 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Salvaleón de Higüey in FebruaryDominican Republic · 211 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 23 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 Arecibo) is explained once on the Arecibo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.