Climate averages 1991–2020

Paysandú weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.7°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 115 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Paysandú · average highYear overview

February is a hot month in Paysandú: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gualeguaychú (87 km away). In February its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Paysandú, with 117 mm of rain.

Among the 4 cities listed in Uruguay, Paysandú ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 26.4°C; Paysandú is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 122 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Paysandú climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Paysandú, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.1°C19.9°C19.9°C1048.514.014 h
February, selected 28.7°C19.2°C19.2°C1158.113.313 h
March 26.8°C17.4°C17.4°C1228.112.312 h
April 23.1°C14.1°C14.1°C1408.511.311 h
May 19.2°C11.1°C11.1°C907.210.510 h
June 16.6°C8.4°C8.4°C857.110.110 h
July 15.8°C7.3°C7.3°C726.610.210 h
August 18.4°C8.6°C8.6°C896.810.911 h
September 20.0°C10.1°C10.1°C967.611.912 h
October 22.9°C13.0°C13.0°C1259.212.913 h
November 26.1°C15.4°C15.4°C1077.513.714 h
December 28.8°C18.0°C18.0°C1187.714.214 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

Distance from Paysandú

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Paysandú) is explained once on the Paysandú year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.