Amarante do Maranhão weather in February

In February, Amarante do Maranhão sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 208 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Amarante do Maranhão's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amarante do Maranhão's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
208 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:16 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Amarante do Maranhão is human settlement in Brazil.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Amarante do Maranhão reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

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How February really feels in Amarante do Maranhão

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 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
28
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Amarante do Maranhão weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°21426.412.33.0
Feb30° / 22°2082412.23.0
Mar30° / 22°21527.2122.9
Apr30° / 22°15321.611.93.3
May31° / 22°7711.611.84.3
Jun32° / 21°8211.75.0
Jul33° / 21°50.911.74.8
Aug34° / 21°20.411.84.3
Sep34° / 22°112123.8
Oct33° / 23°386.112.13.6
Nov32° / 23°9113.712.33.5
Dec31° / 23°16020.212.33.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Amarante do Maranhão gets around 208 mm of rain over 24 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 85% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1973
2973
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Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:136:28
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512.26:146:28
612.26:156:28
712.26:156:28
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2012.26:176:26
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Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in September across the year — February's 4.54 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Amarante do Maranhão

In seasonPeak

In February, Amarante do Maranhão sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Amarante do Maranhão's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is February a good time to visit Amarante do Maranhão?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amarante do Maranhão.

What to pack for Amarante do Maranhão in February

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

In February, Amarante do Maranhão sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Amarante do Maranhão 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 Amarante do Maranhão peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Amarante do Maranhão 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 Amarante do Maranhão is worst in October — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.5× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateOct 1340 µg/m³Jun 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov29Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Amarante do Maranhão?

Amarante do Maranhão sits at 5.6°S, 46.7°W, 247 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sítio Novo, 35 km away.

Topography around Amarante do Maranhão

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amarante do Maranhão has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 252 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Amarante do Maranhão is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (47%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
456 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Sítio Novo 35 km · Governador Edison Lobão 72 km · Grajaú 72 km · João Lisboa 74 km · Imperatriz 83 km · Açailândia 109 km · Arame 111 km · Porto Franco 112 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Amarante do Maranhão (-5.5667°, -46.7422°, elevation 247 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).