Gawler weather in February

In February, Gawler sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 16 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Gawler's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gawler's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:51 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 7.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Gawler is city in South Australia.

Founded: 1836

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 29°C through the month.

A typical February day in Gawler reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	28	16
26	28	16
27	28	15
28	28	15

Gawler weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 16°	21	3.1	14.1	6.5
Feb	29° / 16°	16	2.3	13.3	6.9
Mar	26° / 14°	15	2.8	12.3	8.1
Apr	22° / 11°	29	4.5	11.2	7.7
May	18° / 9°	35	7	10.2	6.3
Jun	15° / 7°	44	8.2	9.7	4.8
Jul	14° / 6°	45	9.5	9.9	4.3
Aug	15° / 6°	48	9.4	10.7	4.8
Sep	18° / 8°	49	8.2	11.8	6.2
Oct	21° / 9°	33	5.6	12.9	7.3
Nov	25° / 12°	28	5	13.8	7.8
Dec	27° / 14°	27	4.4	14.3	7.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	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 (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	75	74	74	74	75	75	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Gawler gets around 16 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% 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 (%)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

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 80% 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 (%)	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83
Comfortable (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Humid (%)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	14	4	2
2	80	14	4	2
3	80	14	4	2
4	79	14	5	2
5	79	14	5	2
6	79	14	5	2
7	79	14	5	2
8	80	14	4	2
9	80	14	4	2
10	80	14	4	2
11	80	14	4	2
12	80	14	4	2
13	81	13	4	2
14	81	13	4	2
15	81	13	4	2
16	81	13	4	2
17	80	13	5	2
18	81	12	5	2
19	81	12	5	2
20	81	12	5	2
21	81	12	5	2
22	81	12	5	2
23	82	12	5	1
24	82	12	5	1
25	82	12	5	1
26	82	12	5	1
27	82	12	5	1
28	83	11	5	1

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of February to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 7:54 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)	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03
Sunset (PM)	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	6:37	8:20
2	13.7	6:38	8:19
3	13.7	6:39	8:18
4	13.6	6:40	8:18
5	13.6	6:41	8:17
6	13.6	6:42	8:16
7	13.5	6:43	8:15
8	13.5	6:44	8:15
9	13.5	6:45	8:14
10	13.4	6:46	8:13
11	13.4	6:47	8:12
12	13.4	6:48	8:11
13	13.4	6:49	8:10
14	13.3	6:50	8:09
15	13.3	6:51	8:08
16	13.3	6:52	8:07
17	13.2	6:53	8:06
18	13.2	6:54	8:05
19	13.2	6:55	8:04
20	13.1	6:56	8:03
21	13.1	6:57	8:02
22	13.1	6:57	8:01
23	13.0	6:58	8:00
24	13.0	6:59	7:59
25	13.0	7:00	7:57
26	12.9	7:01	7:56
27	12.9	7:02	7:55
28	12.8	7:03	7:54

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 7.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.29 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 7.05 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)	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.5	Intense
2	7.4	Intense
3	7.4	Intense
4	7.4	Intense
5	7.3	Intense
6	7.3	Intense
7	7.3	Intense
8	7.3	Intense
9	7.2	Intense
10	7.2	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.0	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	6.9	Intense
20	6.9	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Gawler

In seasonPeak

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

Gawler sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Gawler?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Gawler for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gawler in February

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

In February, Gawler sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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Sea temperature near Gawler in February

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 34 km away) is warmest in February at about 22°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 17 to Apr 4 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	22	22	21	19	17	15	13	13	14	16	18	20
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	22	Refreshing
Feb	22	Refreshing
Mar	21	Refreshing
Apr	19	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Gawler in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gawler peaks around January 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	5	3	3	3	4	6	8	10	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Gawler?

Gawler sits at 34.6°S, 138.7°E, 57 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Paralowie, 21 km away.

Topography around Gawler

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gawler has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m.

The land around Gawler is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%), grassland (30%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

131 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

374 m

cropland 46%

80 km

700 m

cropland 33%

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

February weather nearby: Paralowie 21 km · Parafield Gardens 24 km · Adelaide Hills 35 km · Adelaide city centre 39 km · Adelaide 39 km · Mount Barker 53 km · Morphett Vale 63 km · Whyalla 206 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Gawler (-34.6025°, 138.749°, elevation 57 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	28	16
26	28	16
27	28	15
28	28	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	14	4	2
2	80	14	4	2
3	80	14	4	2
4	79	14	5	2
5	79	14	5	2
6	79	14	5	2
7	79	14	5	2
8	80	14	4	2
9	80	14	4	2
10	80	14	4	2
11	80	14	4	2
12	80	14	4	2
13	81	13	4	2
14	81	13	4	2
15	81	13	4	2
16	81	13	4	2
17	80	13	5	2
18	81	12	5	2
19	81	12	5	2
20	81	12	5	2
21	81	12	5	2
22	81	12	5	2
23	82	12	5	1
24	82	12	5	1
25	82	12	5	1
26	82	12	5	1
27	82	12	5	1
28	83	11	5	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	28	16
26	28	16
27	28	15
28	28	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	14	4	2
2	80	14	4	2
3	80	14	4	2
4	79	14	5	2
5	79	14	5	2
6	79	14	5	2
7	79	14	5	2
8	80	14	4	2
9	80	14	4	2
10	80	14	4	2
11	80	14	4	2
12	80	14	4	2
13	81	13	4	2
14	81	13	4	2
15	81	13	4	2
16	81	13	4	2
17	80	13	5	2
18	81	12	5	2
19	81	12	5	2
20	81	12	5	2
21	81	12	5	2
22	81	12	5	2
23	82	12	5	1
24	82	12	5	1
25	82	12	5	1
26	82	12	5	1
27	82	12	5	1
28	83	11	5	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	16
2	29	16
3	29	16
4	29	16
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	16
21	29	16
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	28	16
26	28	16
27	28	15
28	28	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	75	25
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	75	25
27	76	24
28	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	14	4	2
2	80	14	4	2
3	80	14	4	2
4	79	14	5	2
5	79	14	5	2
6	79	14	5	2
7	79	14	5	2
8	80	14	4	2
9	80	14	4	2
10	80	14	4	2
11	80	14	4	2
12	80	14	4	2
13	81	13	4	2
14	81	13	4	2
15	81	13	4	2
16	81	13	4	2
17	80	13	5	2
18	81	12	5	2
19	81	12	5	2
20	81	12	5	2
21	81	12	5	2
22	81	12	5	2
23	82	12	5	1
24	82	12	5	1
25	82	12	5	1
26	82	12	5	1
27	82	12	5	1
28	83	11	5	1