Araripe weather in February

In February, Araripe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 139 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-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 14% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Araripe's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araripe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 139 mm; 16.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:48 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Araripe is human settlement in Brazil.

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 Araripe reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C cooler 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How February really feels in Araripe

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.

Araripe weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	131	16.1	12.4	4.3
Feb	29° / 21°	139	16.4	12.2	4.4
Mar	29° / 21°	183	19	12	4.4
Apr	29° / 21°	105	12.7	11.8	5.1
May	29° / 20°	39	6.5	11.7	6.1
Jun	28° / 19°	9	2.1	11.6	7.1
Jul	28° / 18°	5	0.9	11.6	7.3
Aug	30° / 18°	2	0.4	11.8	6.6
Sep	32° / 20°	2	0.3	12	5.4
Oct	33° / 21°	8	1.4	12.2	4.5
Nov	32° / 22°	20	3.4	12.3	4.4
Dec	31° / 22°	37	6.4	12.4	4.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	36	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	29	29	28	27	27	28	28	28	29	30	31	32	32	34	34
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	63	63	64	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	71	71	72	73	73	72	72	72	71	70	69	68	68	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	34	66
28	34	66

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Araripe gets around 139 mm of rain over 16.4 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 58% and peaks near 64% 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 (%)	52	52	51	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	58	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	64
21	63
22	63
23	62
24	61
25	60
26	59
27	58
28	57

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% 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
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14
Muggy (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	82	83	84	84	83	83	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	80	79
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	19	76	2
2	3	19	76	2
3	3	19	76	2
4	3	19	76	2
5	2	19	77	2
6	2	18	77	3
7	2	18	77	3
8	2	18	77	3
9	2	17	78	3
10	2	16	79	3
11	2	16	79	3
12	2	15	80	3
13	2	15	80	3
14	1	14	82	3
15	1	13	83	3
16	1	12	84	3
17	1	12	84	3
18	1	12	83	4
19	1	12	83	4
20	0	12	84	4
21	0	12	84	4
22	0	12	83	5
23	0	12	83	5
24	0	13	82	5
25	0	13	81	6
26	0	13	81	6
27	0	14	80	6
28	0	14	79	7

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:59 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)	12.3	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:45	6:03
2	12.3	5:45	6:03
3	12.3	5:45	6:03
4	12.3	5:46	6:03
5	12.3	5:46	6:03
6	12.3	5:46	6:03
7	12.3	5:46	6:03
8	12.3	5:47	6:03
9	12.3	5:47	6:03
10	12.3	5:47	6:03
11	12.3	5:47	6:03
12	12.3	5:48	6:03
13	12.2	5:48	6:03
14	12.2	5:48	6:02
15	12.2	5:48	6:02
16	12.2	5:48	6:02
17	12.2	5:48	6:02
18	12.2	5:49	6:02
19	12.2	5:49	6:01
20	12.2	5:49	6:01
21	12.2	5:49	6:01
22	12.2	5:49	6:01
23	12.2	5:49	6:00
24	12.2	5:49	6:00
25	12.2	5:49	6:00
26	12.2	5:49	5:59
27	12.2	5:49	5:59
28	12.2	5:49	5:59

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.38 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)	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Araripe

In seasonPeak

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

Araripe's monsoon runs January–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 Araripe?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Araripe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Araripe in February

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

In February, Araripe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Araripe 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 Araripe peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (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)	14	15	16	13	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Araripe?

Araripe sits at 7.2°S, 40.1°W, 610 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Campos Sales, 31 km away.

Topography around Araripe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araripe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 640 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 708 m.

The land around Araripe is covered by shrubs (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (69%) within 16 km, and shrubs (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

102 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

393 m

shrubs 69%

80 km

708 m

shrubs 67%

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

February weather nearby: Campos Sales 31 km · Salitre 36 km · Ipueiras 40 km · Santana do Cariri 44 km · Assaré 48 km · Ipubi 49 km · Nova Olinda 52 km · Exu 56 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

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 Araripe (-7.2134°, -40.137°, elevation 610 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	64
21	63
22	63
23	62
24	61
25	60
26	59
27	58
28	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	19	76	2
2	3	19	76	2
3	3	19	76	2
4	3	19	76	2
5	2	19	77	2
6	2	18	77	3
7	2	18	77	3
8	2	18	77	3
9	2	17	78	3
10	2	16	79	3
11	2	16	79	3
12	2	15	80	3
13	2	15	80	3
14	1	14	82	3
15	1	13	83	3
16	1	12	84	3
17	1	12	84	3
18	1	12	83	4
19	1	12	83	4
20	0	12	84	4
21	0	12	84	4
22	0	12	83	5
23	0	12	83	5
24	0	13	82	5
25	0	13	81	6
26	0	13	81	6
27	0	14	80	6
28	0	14	79	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	64
21	63
22	63
23	62
24	61
25	60
26	59
27	58
28	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	19	76	2
2	3	19	76	2
3	3	19	76	2
4	3	19	76	2
5	2	19	77	2
6	2	18	77	3
7	2	18	77	3
8	2	18	77	3
9	2	17	78	3
10	2	16	79	3
11	2	16	79	3
12	2	15	80	3
13	2	15	80	3
14	1	14	82	3
15	1	13	83	3
16	1	12	84	3
17	1	12	84	3
18	1	12	83	4
19	1	12	83	4
20	0	12	84	4
21	0	12	84	4
22	0	12	83	5
23	0	12	83	5
24	0	13	82	5
25	0	13	81	6
26	0	13	81	6
27	0	14	80	6
28	0	14	79	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	36	64
7	34	66
8	33	67
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	28	72
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	29	71
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	51
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	64
21	63
22	63
23	62
24	61
25	60
26	59
27	58
28	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	19	76	2
2	3	19	76	2
3	3	19	76	2
4	3	19	76	2
5	2	19	77	2
6	2	18	77	3
7	2	18	77	3
8	2	18	77	3
9	2	17	78	3
10	2	16	79	3
11	2	16	79	3
12	2	15	80	3
13	2	15	80	3
14	1	14	82	3
15	1	13	83	3
16	1	12	84	3
17	1	12	84	3
18	1	12	83	4
19	1	12	83	4
20	0	12	84	4
21	0	12	84	4
22	0	12	83	5
23	0	12	83	5
24	0	13	82	5
25	0	13	81	6
26	0	13	81	6
27	0	14	80	6
28	0	14	79	7