Climate averages 1991–2020
Vélez-Málaga weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Vélez-Málaga: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (29 km away). In February its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Vélez-Málaga, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vélez-Málaga ranks joint 27th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 64th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Vélez-Málaga is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 51 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
Vélez-Málaga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 56 | 7.3 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 48 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 6.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 19 | 3.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 6.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 67 | 7.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 72 | 7.6 | 9.710 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
- Málaga in FebruarySpain · 29 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Mijas in FebruarySpain · 52 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Granada in FebruarySpain · 63 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Marbella in FebruarySpain · 76 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Jaén in FebruarySpain · 113 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 54 mm rain
- El Ejido in FebruarySpain · 115 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Gibraltar in FebruaryGibraltar · 132 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in FebruarySpain · 133 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.5°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 Vélez-Málaga) is explained once on the Vélez-Málaga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.