Franca weather in February

In February, Franca sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 206 mm of rain across 19.9 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Franca's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Franca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
206 mm
19.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
7:03 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Franca 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 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Franca reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Franca weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°28024.413.14.0
Feb28° / 20°20619.912.74.1
Mar28° / 19°17920.912.14.6
Apr28° / 18°7210.311.56.5
May26° / 15°405.3117.7
Jun25° / 14°242.610.88.4
Jul26° / 14°13210.98.5
Aug28° / 15°152.611.37.9
Sep29° / 17°647.511.96.0
Oct29° / 19°11614.312.54.8
Nov28° / 19°18920.1134.4
Dec28° / 20°26525.213.24.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43169
53169
63268
73268
83367
93268
103268
113268
123367
133268
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283664

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Franca gets around 206 mm of rain over 19.9 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 72% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
176
275
374
474
573
673
772
872
972
1071
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1371
1470
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1670
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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 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1317773
2417763
3417763
4417763
5418753
6418753
7418753
8419743
9419743
10319762
11320752
12320752
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Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February, the calmest month.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 7:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:557:51
212.96:567:51
312.96:577:50
412.96:577:50
512.96:587:50
612.86:587:49
712.86:597:49
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1212.77:027:47
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1612.77:047:45
1712.77:047:44
1812.67:057:43
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2012.67:067:42
2112.67:067:42
2212.67:077:41
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2412.57:087:40
2512.57:087:39
2612.57:087:38
2712.57:097:38
2812.57:097:37

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.75 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Franca

In seasonPeak

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

Franca's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Franca?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Franca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Franca in February

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

In February, Franca sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Franca 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 Franca peaks around January 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 23UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Franca 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 Franca is worst in September — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.7× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1537 µg/m³Nov 227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct14Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Franca?

Franca sits at 20.5°S, 47.4°W, 1,002 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Pedregulho, 32 km away.

Topography around Franca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Franca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 990 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 910 m.

The land around Franca is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) within 3 km, trees (46%), cropland (25%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
440 m
80 km
910 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
February weather nearby: Pedregulho 32 km · Batatais 44 km · Ituverava 45 km · Guará 46 km · São Joaquim da Barra 47 km · Cássia 50 km · Altinópolis 54 km · Orlândia 54 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 Franca (-20.5386°, -47.4008°, elevation 1,002 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).