Climate averages 1991–2020
Alicante weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Alicante: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elche (21 km away). In February its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Alicante, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alicante ranks 23rd of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Alicante is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 25 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
Alicante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 15.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 4.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 32 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.1 | 9.610 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
- Elche in FebruarySpain · 21 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Benidorm in FebruarySpain · 37 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Torrevieja in FebruarySpain · 44 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Orihuela in FebruarySpain · 50 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Murcia in FebruarySpain · 69 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Gandia in FebruarySpain · 74 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in FebruarySpain · 94 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrent in FebruarySpain · 121 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.1°C · 27 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 Alicante) is explained once on the Alicante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.