Picos weather in February

In February, Picos sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 139 mm of rain across 16.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Picos's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Picos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 139 mm; 16.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:54 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Picos 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 31°C through the month.

A typical February day in Picos reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°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 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How February really feels in Picos

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.

Picos weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 24°	141	16.6	12.4	3.2
Feb	31° / 23°	139	16.9	12.2	3.4
Mar	31° / 23°	149	18.9	12	3.5
Apr	32° / 23°	88	11.6	11.8	3.9
May	32° / 23°	30	4.8	11.7	4.2
Jun	32° / 22°	4	1	11.6	4.7
Jul	33° / 21°	2	0.5	11.6	4.7
Aug	34° / 22°	1	0.1	11.8	4.0
Sep	36° / 23°	2	0.2	12	3.0
Oct	36° / 25°	9	1.4	12.2	2.3
Nov	36° / 25°	25	4.5	12.3	2.5
Dec	34° / 25°	57	7.8	12.4	3.0

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 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	33	33	34
Cloudier (%)	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	67	67	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Picos gets around 139 mm of rain over 16.9 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 60% and peaks near 64% 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 (%)	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	58	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
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 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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Muggy (%)	33	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25
Oppressive (%)	60	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	64	65	65	67	68	68	69	70	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	6	33	60
2	1	6	34	59
3	1	6	35	58
4	1	6	35	58
5	1	6	35	58
6	1	6	35	58
7	1	5	35	59
8	1	5	35	59
9	1	5	34	60
10	1	4	34	61
11	1	4	33	62
12	1	4	33	62
13	1	3	32	64
14	1	3	31	65
15	1	3	31	65
16	1	2	30	67
17	1	2	29	68
18	1	2	29	68
19	1	2	28	69
20	0	2	28	70
21	0	2	27	71
22	0	2	27	71
23	0	2	26	72
24	0	2	26	72
25	0	3	25	72
26	0	3	25	72
27	0	3	25	72
28	0	3	25	72

Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February.

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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	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 5:50 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:04 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	12.2	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	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:50	6:09
2	12.3	5:51	6:09
3	12.3	5:51	6:09
4	12.3	5:51	6:09
5	12.3	5:51	6:09
6	12.3	5:52	6:08
7	12.3	5:52	6:08
8	12.3	5:52	6:08
9	12.3	5:52	6:08
10	12.3	5:53	6:08
11	12.3	5:53	6:08
12	12.2	5:53	6:08
13	12.2	5:53	6:08
14	12.2	5:53	6:08
15	12.2	5:54	6:07
16	12.2	5:54	6:07
17	12.2	5:54	6:07
18	12.2	5:54	6:07
19	12.2	5:54	6:07
20	12.2	5:54	6:06
21	12.2	5:54	6:06
22	12.2	5:54	6:06
23	12.2	5:54	6:05
24	12.2	5:55	6:05
25	12.2	5:55	6:05
26	12.2	5:55	6:05
27	12.2	5:55	6:04
28	12.2	5:55	6:04

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.27 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Picos

In seasonPeak

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

Picos's rainy season runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Picos?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Picos.

What to pack for Picos in February

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

In February, Picos sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Picos 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 Picos peaks around March 10 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	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Picos?

Picos sits at 7.1°S, 41.5°W, 203 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jaicós, 48 km away.

Topography around Picos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Picos has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 385 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 582 m.

The land around Picos is covered by grassland (37%), shrubs (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

255 m

grassland 37%

16 km

385 m

shrubs 49%

80 km

582 m

shrubs 71%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Jaicós 48 km · Oeiras 74 km · Valença do Piauí 81 km · Pio IX 98 km · Ipueiras 112 km · Salitre 114 km · Campos Sales 120 km · Araripina 120 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
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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 Picos (-7.0769°, -41.4669°, elevation 203 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	23
2	32	23
3	32	23
4	32	23
5	32	23
6	32	23
7	32	23
8	32	23
9	32	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
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	1	6	33	60
2	1	6	34	59
3	1	6	35	58
4	1	6	35	58
5	1	6	35	58
6	1	6	35	58
7	1	5	35	59
8	1	5	35	59
9	1	5	34	60
10	1	4	34	61
11	1	4	33	62
12	1	4	33	62
13	1	3	32	64
14	1	3	31	65
15	1	3	31	65
16	1	2	30	67
17	1	2	29	68
18	1	2	29	68
19	1	2	28	69
20	0	2	28	70
21	0	2	27	71
22	0	2	27	71
23	0	2	26	72
24	0	2	26	72
25	0	3	25	72
26	0	3	25	72
27	0	3	25	72
28	0	3	25	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
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	1	6	33	60
2	1	6	34	59
3	1	6	35	58
4	1	6	35	58
5	1	6	35	58
6	1	6	35	58
7	1	5	35	59
8	1	5	35	59
9	1	5	34	60
10	1	4	34	61
11	1	4	33	62
12	1	4	33	62
13	1	3	32	64
14	1	3	31	65
15	1	3	31	65
16	1	2	30	67
17	1	2	29	68
18	1	2	29	68
19	1	2	28	69
20	0	2	28	70
21	0	2	27	71
22	0	2	27	71
23	0	2	26	72
24	0	2	26	72
25	0	3	25	72
26	0	3	25	72
27	0	3	25	72
28	0	3	25	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	56
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	58
9	59
10	59
11	60
12	61
13	61
14	62
15	62
16	63
17	63
18	64
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	1	6	33	60
2	1	6	34	59
3	1	6	35	58
4	1	6	35	58
5	1	6	35	58
6	1	6	35	58
7	1	5	35	59
8	1	5	35	59
9	1	5	34	60
10	1	4	34	61
11	1	4	33	62
12	1	4	33	62
13	1	3	32	64
14	1	3	31	65
15	1	3	31	65
16	1	2	30	67
17	1	2	29	68
18	1	2	29	68
19	1	2	28	69
20	0	2	28	70
21	0	2	27	71
22	0	2	27	71
23	0	2	26	72
24	0	2	26	72
25	0	3	25	72
26	0	3	25	72
27	0	3	25	72
28	0	3	25	72