Ribeirão Preto weather in February

In February, Ribeirão Preto sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 176 mm of rain across 18.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 20% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of February to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ribeirão Preto's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ribeirão Preto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
176 mm
18.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
7:04 AM – 7:48 PM
Cloud cover
68%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Ribeirão Preto is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.9 µg/m³ · 2019

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 Ribeirão Preto reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

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Ribeirão Preto weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°25523.113.13.6
Feb30° / 21°17618.312.73.9
Mar30° / 20°15818.612.14.2
Apr29° / 18°659.111.55.8
May27° / 16°455.6117.5
Jun26° / 14°272.910.78.1
Jul27° / 14°192.410.88.2
Aug29° / 15°192.811.37.1
Sep30° / 18°686.811.95.4
Oct31° / 20°11312.912.54.3
Nov30° / 20°16817.4134.1
Dec30° / 21°22122.113.33.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43466
53466
63466
73565
83466
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103565
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ribeirão Preto gets around 176 mm of rain over 18.3 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 66% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1466624
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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
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127calm
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 7:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:567:53
212.96:577:53
312.96:577:53
412.96:587:52
512.96:597:52
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712.97:007:51
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1412.77:047:48
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1612.77:057:47
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1812.77:067:46
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2012.67:077:45
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2512.57:097:41
2612.57:097:40
2712.57:107:40
2812.57:107:39

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Ribeirão Preto

In seasonPeak

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

Ribeirão Preto'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 Ribeirão Preto?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ribeirão Preto.

What to pack for Ribeirão Preto in February

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

In February, Ribeirão Preto sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ribeirão Preto in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ribeirão Preto peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 19UV 15Jun 22UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ribeirão Preto 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 Ribeirão Preto is worst in September — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ribeirão Preto's WHO annual average of 13.9 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1336 µg/m³Nov 227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct14Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ribeirão Preto?

Ribeirão Preto sits at 21.2°S, 47.8°W, 554 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jardinópolis, 18 km away.

Topography around Ribeirão Preto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ribeirão Preto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 554 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m.

The land around Ribeirão Preto is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
344 m
80 km
694 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Jardinópolis 18 km · Sertãozinho 19 km · Cravinhos 20 km · Serrana 23 km · Brodowski 26 km · Pontal 29 km · Pradópolis 33 km · Barrinha 37 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 Ribeirão Preto (-21.1775°, -47.8103°, elevation 554 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).