Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Orihuela: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (20 km away). In February its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks 4th 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; Orihuela is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 30 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
Orihuela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 4.3 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 17.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 30 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 37 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 16.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 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 · 20 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrevieja in FebruarySpain · 26 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Elche in FebruarySpain · 29 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Alicante in FebruarySpain · 50 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in FebruarySpain · 54 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Lorca in FebruarySpain · 81 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Benidorm in FebruarySpain · 87 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Gandia in FebruarySpain · 118 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 42 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 Orihuela) is explained once on the Orihuela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.