Climate averages 1991–2020
Maldonado weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Maldonado: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montevideo (113 km away). In February its highs average 24.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Maldonado, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Maldonado ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 26.4°C; Maldonado is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 88 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
Maldonado climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 63 | 5.1 | 14.214 h |
| February, selected | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 88 | 8.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 112 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| May | 16.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 100 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 105 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 89 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 7.4 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 68 | 6.6 | 14.414 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
- Montevideo in FebruaryUruguay · 113 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Mar del Tuyú in FebruaryArgentina · 244 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Berisso in FebruaryArgentina · 268 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 93 mm rain
- La Plata in FebruaryArgentina · 274 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Berazategui in FebruaryArgentina · 298 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Quilmes in FebruaryArgentina · 302 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Avellaneda in FebruaryArgentina · 313 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in FebruaryArgentina · 315 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 99 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 Maldonado) is explained once on the Maldonado year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.