Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In February its highs average 17.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Cartagena, Spain, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 24th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Cartagena, Spain is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 29 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 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
- Murcia in FebruarySpain · 45 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrevieja in FebruarySpain · 50 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Orihuela in FebruarySpain · 54 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Lorca in FebruarySpain · 64 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Elche in FebruarySpain · 77 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Alicante in FebruarySpain · 94 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Benidorm in FebruarySpain · 128 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Almería in FebruarySpain · 156 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 24 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.