Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago de Compostela weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Santiago de Compostela: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (51 km away). In February its highs average 13.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Santiago de Compostela, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Santiago de Compostela ranks joint 70th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 85th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Santiago de Compostela is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 106 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
Santiago de Compostela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 141 | 13.9 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 11.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 101 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 115 | 14.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 44 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 69 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 140 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 151 | 15.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 142 | 13.8 | 9.19 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
- Pontevedra in FebruarySpain · 51 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 131 mm rain
- A Coruña in FebruarySpain · 56 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Vigo in FebruarySpain · 73 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Lugo in FebruarySpain · 82 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Ourense in FebruarySpain · 82 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Braga in FebruaryPortugal · 148 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Porto in FebruaryPortugal · 193 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Avilés in FebruarySpain · 225 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 97 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 Santiago de Compostela) is explained once on the Santiago de Compostela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.