Santa Clara weather in February

In February, Santa Clara sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 93 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Santa Clara's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Clara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 93 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:03 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Santa Clara reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	28	17
10	28	17
11	28	17
12	28	17
13	28	17
14	28	17
15	28	17
16	28	17
17	28	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17

Santa Clara weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	110	16.1	12.5	5.3
Feb	28° / 17°	93	13.7	12.3	5.4
Mar	28° / 18°	183	21	12.1	4.5
Apr	28° / 18°	104	17	11.8	5.1
May	29° / 16°	12	2.3	11.5	6.9
Jun	29° / 14°	0	0.1	11.4	7.7
Jul	29° / 13°	0	0	11.5	7.3
Aug	30° / 14°	4	0.9	11.7	6.4
Sep	30° / 16°	60	11.9	11.9	5.0
Oct	28° / 17°	171	26	12.2	3.8
Nov	27° / 17°	191	25	12.5	4.0
Dec	26° / 17°	139	19.9	12.6	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	84	84	84	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Santa Clara gets around 93 mm of rain over 13.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 48% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	54
28	54

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Comfortable (%)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Humid (%)	62	62	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	56
Muggy (%)	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	27

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	18	62	17
2	3	18	62	17
3	3	19	60	18
4	3	19	60	18
5	3	19	59	19
6	3	19	59	19
7	3	19	58	20
8	3	19	58	20
9	3	19	58	20
10	3	19	57	21
11	3	18	58	21
12	3	18	58	21
13	4	18	56	22
14	4	18	56	22
15	4	17	56	23
16	4	17	56	23
17	4	16	57	23
18	4	16	57	23
19	4	16	57	23
20	4	16	57	23
21	4	16	56	24
22	4	15	57	24
23	4	15	57	24
24	4	15	57	24
25	3	15	57	25
26	3	15	57	25
27	3	14	57	26
28	3	14	56	27

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:59	6:25
2	12.4	5:59	6:25
3	12.4	5:59	6:25
4	12.4	6:00	6:25
5	12.4	6:00	6:25
6	12.4	6:00	6:25
7	12.4	6:01	6:25
8	12.4	6:01	6:24
9	12.4	6:01	6:24
10	12.4	6:02	6:24
11	12.4	6:02	6:24
12	12.4	6:02	6:24
13	12.4	6:02	6:23
14	12.3	6:03	6:23
15	12.3	6:03	6:23
16	12.3	6:03	6:23
17	12.3	6:03	6:22
18	12.3	6:03	6:22
19	12.3	6:04	6:22
20	12.3	6:04	6:21
21	12.3	6:04	6:21
22	12.3	6:04	6:21
23	12.3	6:04	6:20
24	12.3	6:05	6:20
25	12.2	6:05	6:20
26	12.2	6:05	6:19
27	12.2	6:05	6:19
28	12.2	6:05	6:18

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in September across the year — February's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Santa Clara

In seasonPeak

In February, Santa Clara sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Santa Clara's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Santa Clara?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Santa Clara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Clara in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Santa Clara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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UV index in Santa Clara in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa Clara peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	16	14	10	9	9	9	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Santa Clara in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Santa Clara is worst in July — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 22.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	10	10	9	24	96	184	120	40	16	9	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	24	Moderate
Jun	96	Unhealthy
Jul	184	Very unhealthy
Aug	120	Unhealthy
Sep	40	Poor
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Clara?

Santa Clara sits at 10.2°S, 15.4°E, 1,030 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Calulo, 63 km away.

Topography around Santa Clara

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santa Clara.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Clara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 1,048 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,623 m.

The land around Santa Clara is covered by grassland (49%), trees (30%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

217 m

grassland 49%

16 km

571 m

trees 52%

80 km

1,623 m

trees 45%

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← January Santa Clara year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Calulo 63 km · Mussende 73 km · Quibala 78 km · Bailundo 92 km · Cacuso 92 km · Lucala 104 km · N'dalatando 115 km · Cangandala 118 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,129; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 4.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 26.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 413
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Santa Clara (-10.1916°, 15.4341°, elevation 1,030 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	28	17
10	28	17
11	28	17
12	28	17
13	28	17
14	28	17
15	28	17
16	28	17
17	28	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	54
28	54

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	18	62	17
2	3	18	62	17
3	3	19	60	18
4	3	19	60	18
5	3	19	59	19
6	3	19	59	19
7	3	19	58	20
8	3	19	58	20
9	3	19	58	20
10	3	19	57	21
11	3	18	58	21
12	3	18	58	21
13	4	18	56	22
14	4	18	56	22
15	4	17	56	23
16	4	17	56	23
17	4	16	57	23
18	4	16	57	23
19	4	16	57	23
20	4	16	57	23
21	4	16	56	24
22	4	15	57	24
23	4	15	57	24
24	4	15	57	24
25	3	15	57	25
26	3	15	57	25
27	3	14	57	26
28	3	14	56	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	28	17
10	28	17
11	28	17
12	28	17
13	28	17
14	28	17
15	28	17
16	28	17
17	28	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	54
28	54

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	18	62	17
2	3	18	62	17
3	3	19	60	18
4	3	19	60	18
5	3	19	59	19
6	3	19	59	19
7	3	19	58	20
8	3	19	58	20
9	3	19	58	20
10	3	19	57	21
11	3	18	58	21
12	3	18	58	21
13	4	18	56	22
14	4	18	56	22
15	4	17	56	23
16	4	17	56	23
17	4	16	57	23
18	4	16	57	23
19	4	16	57	23
20	4	16	57	23
21	4	16	56	24
22	4	15	57	24
23	4	15	57	24
24	4	15	57	24
25	3	15	57	25
26	3	15	57	25
27	3	14	57	26
28	3	14	56	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	28	17
10	28	17
11	28	17
12	28	17
13	28	17
14	28	17
15	28	17
16	28	17
17	28	17
18	28	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	48
21	49
22	50
23	50
24	51
25	52
26	53
27	54
28	54

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	18	62	17
2	3	18	62	17
3	3	19	60	18
4	3	19	60	18
5	3	19	59	19
6	3	19	59	19
7	3	19	58	20
8	3	19	58	20
9	3	19	58	20
10	3	19	57	21
11	3	18	58	21
12	3	18	58	21
13	4	18	56	22
14	4	18	56	22
15	4	17	56	23
16	4	17	56	23
17	4	16	57	23
18	4	16	57	23
19	4	16	57	23
20	4	16	57	23
21	4	16	56	24
22	4	15	57	24
23	4	15	57	24
24	4	15	57	24
25	3	15	57	25
26	3	15	57	25
27	3	14	57	26
28	3	14	56	27