Castro Alves weather in February

In February, Castro Alves sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 47 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Castro Alves's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Castro Alves's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 47 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:40 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Castro Alves 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 32°C through the month.

A typical February day in Castro Alves reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22

How February really feels in Castro Alves

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Castro Alves weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	69	12.2	12.7	4.1
Feb	32° / 22°	47	11.5	12.4	4.0
Mar	31° / 22°	60	13.9	12.1	3.9
Apr	30° / 22°	49	14.9	11.7	4.4
May	28° / 21°	35	12	11.4	5.5
Jun	27° / 20°	34	12.9	11.3	6.1
Jul	26° / 19°	36	13.2	11.3	6.2
Aug	27° / 19°	33	13.7	11.6	6.0
Sep	28° / 19°	26	10.5	11.9	5.9
Oct	30° / 20°	34	10.6	12.3	5.1
Nov	31° / 21°	56	11.1	12.6	4.5
Dec	31° / 22°	56	9.4	12.7	4.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	55	56	56	56	57	56	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	56	56	57
Cloudier (%)	45	44	44	44	43	44	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	44	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Castro Alves gets around 47 mm of rain over 11.5 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 41% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	42	41	41	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40

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 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33
Oppressive (%)	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	58	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

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 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	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 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:08 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)	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:34	6:08
2	12.5	5:35	6:08
3	12.5	5:35	6:08
4	12.5	5:36	6:08
5	12.5	5:36	6:07
6	12.5	5:37	6:07
7	12.5	5:37	6:07
8	12.5	5:37	6:07
9	12.5	5:38	6:07
10	12.5	5:38	6:06
11	12.5	5:38	6:06
12	12.5	5:39	6:06
13	12.4	5:39	6:06
14	12.4	5:39	6:05
15	12.4	5:40	6:05
16	12.4	5:40	6:05
17	12.4	5:40	6:04
18	12.4	5:41	6:04
19	12.4	5:41	6:04
20	12.4	5:41	6:03
21	12.4	5:41	6:03
22	12.3	5:42	6:02
23	12.3	5:42	6:02
24	12.3	5:42	6:01
25	12.3	5:42	6:01
26	12.3	5:42	6:00
27	12.3	5:43	6:00
28	12.3	5:43	5:59

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 5.84 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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	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	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Castro Alves?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Castro Alves in February

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

In February, Castro Alves sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Castro Alves 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 Castro Alves peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	14	15	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Castro Alves?

Castro Alves sits at 12.8°S, 39.4°W, 255 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Sapeaçu, 27 km away.

Topography around Castro Alves

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Castro Alves has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 248 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 689 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 931 m.

The land around Castro Alves is covered by grassland (87%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

grassland 87%

16 km

689 m

grassland 78%

80 km

931 m

grassland 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

February weather nearby: Sapeaçu 27 km · Conceição do Almeida 28 km · Santo Antônio de Jesus 29 km · Itatim 30 km · Amargosa 35 km · Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu 36 km · Cruz das Almas 37 km · São Felipe 38 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 Castro Alves (-12.7656°, -39.4283°, elevation 255 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	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	39
10	40
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	45
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	44
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	41
28	40

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67