Climate averages 1991–2020
Alcalá de Henares weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Alcalá de Henares: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Torrejón de Ardoz (10 km away). In February its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Alcalá de Henares, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alcalá de Henares ranks joint 70th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Alcalá de Henares is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 44 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
Alcalá de Henares climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 7.7 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 11.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 56 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 2.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 58 | 8.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 47 | 7.7 | 9.39 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
- Torrejón de Ardoz in FebruarySpain · 10 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Coslada in FebruarySpain · 18 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Guadalajara, Spain in FebruarySpain · 23 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 34 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in FebruarySpain · 24 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Alcobendas in FebruarySpain · 25 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Chamartín in FebruarySpain · 27 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Madrid in FebruarySpain · 30 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Getafe in FebruarySpain · 37 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 32 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 Alcalá de Henares) is explained once on the Alcalá de Henares year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.