Climate averages 1991–2020
São Tomé weather
in February.
A warm, 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 warm month in São Tomé: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a 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 Port-Gentil (257 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than São Tomé, with 170 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 133 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
São Tomé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 115 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 133 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 130 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 119 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 46 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 152 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 210 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 26.1 | 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
- Port-Gentil in FebruaryGabon · 257 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 170 mm rain
- Libreville in FebruaryGabon · 303 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 218 mm rain
- Owendo in FebruaryGabon · 309 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 218 mm rain
- Bata in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 378 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Malabo in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 443 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 26.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Kribi in FebruaryCameroon · 456 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in FebruaryEquatorial Guinea · 476 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 157 mm rain
- Ogbia in FebruaryNigeria · 486 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 115 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 São Tomé) is explained once on the São Tomé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.