Las Heras weather in February

In February, Las Heras sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of February to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Las Heras's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Heras's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 6:51 AM – 8:50 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Las Heras is city in Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Density: 194/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1914

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical February day in Las Heras reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C cooler than January and about 3°C warmer than 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)	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

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

How February really feels in Las Heras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Las Heras weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	8	2.5	0	15.2	8.3
Feb	24° / 12°	14	2.6	0	14	8.3
Mar	21° / 10°	17	3.1	0	12.4	7.7
Apr	16° / 6°	17	3.9	0.1	10.7	6.1
May	11° / 3°	24	4.8	1	9.2	3.4
Jun	7° / 0°	27	5.8	2.5	8.4	1.2
Jul	7° / -0°	18	4.5	2.3	8.8	1.2
Aug	10° / 1°	20	5.1	1.6	10	2.7
Sep	14° / 4°	19	4.7	0.8	11.6	4.6
Oct	18° / 6°	15	3.8	0.3	13.3	6.7
Nov	21° / 9°	16	2.9	0	14.8	7.6
Dec	23° / 11°	13	3.2	0	15.6	8.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

	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 (%)	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	69
Cloudier (%)	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Las Heras gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 22 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of February to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 9:09 PM to 8:28 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)	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:48	6:49	6:51	6:52	6:54	6:55	6:57	6:58	7:00	7:01	7:03	7:04	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10
Sunset (PM)	9:09	9:08	9:06	9:05	9:04	9:03	9:01	9:00	8:59	8:57	8:56	8:54	8:53	8:51	8:50	8:48	8:47	8:45	8:44	8:42	8:40	8:39	8:37	8:35	8:34	8:32	8:30	8:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.6	6:30	9:09
2	14.6	6:31	9:08
3	14.6	6:33	9:06
4	14.5	6:34	9:05
5	14.5	6:36	9:04
6	14.4	6:37	9:03
7	14.4	6:39	9:01
8	14.3	6:40	9:00
9	14.3	6:42	8:59
10	14.2	6:43	8:57
11	14.2	6:45	8:56
12	14.1	6:46	8:54
13	14.1	6:48	8:53
14	14.0	6:49	8:51
15	14.0	6:51	8:50
16	13.9	6:52	8:48
17	13.9	6:54	8:47
18	13.8	6:55	8:45
19	13.8	6:57	8:44
20	13.7	6:58	8:42
21	13.7	7:00	8:40
22	13.6	7:01	8:39
23	13.6	7:03	8:37
24	13.5	7:04	8:35
25	13.5	7:06	8:34
26	13.4	7:07	8:32
27	13.4	7:09	8:30
28	13.3	7:10	8:28

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 6.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.1	Intense
2	7.1	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.8	Intense
9	6.7	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Las Heras?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Las Heras for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Las Heras in February

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

In February, Las Heras sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

UV index in Las Heras in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Las Heras peaks around December 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	6	3	2	1	1	2	3	6	8	11
Level	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	6	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	2	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	6	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	11	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Las Heras?

Las Heras sits at 46.5°S, 68.9°W, 324 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 80 km away.

Topography around Las Heras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Las Heras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m.

The land around Las Heras is covered by grassland (44%), bare terrain (30%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

38 m

grassland 44%

16 km

462 m

grassland 65%

80 km

1,258 m

grassland 69%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Las Heras year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Pico Truncado 80 km · Caleta Olivia 108 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 134 km · Coyhaique 265 km · Puerto Deseado 266 km · Puerto Aysén 317 km · El Chalten 428 km · Esquel 445 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,898; 2025
Happiness: 6.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.5; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 575
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 Las Heras (-46.5413°, -68.9323°, elevation 324 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. 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	25	12
2	25	12
3	25	12
4	25	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	67	33
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100