Vassouras weather in February

In February, Vassouras sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 200 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 21% 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 Vassouras's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vassouras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
200 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:46 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
67%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Vassouras 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 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Vassouras 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 about 1°C warmer than March.

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How February really feels in Vassouras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 23 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
23
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Vassouras weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°2822213.23.7
Feb30° / 21°20017.612.83.9
Mar29° / 20°19520.312.24.2
Apr27° / 19°8912.511.56.0
May25° / 16°539.310.97.0
Jun25° / 15°285.510.77.8
Jul24° / 15°295.310.87.9
Aug25° / 15°275.511.27.7
Sep26° / 17°661011.96.6
Oct27° / 18°11214.112.55.7
Nov27° / 19°20219.313.14.8
Dec29° / 20°24922.213.34.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Vassouras gets around 200 mm of rain over 17.6 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 63% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
166
265
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1462
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2162
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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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
185339
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495338
595437
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Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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137calm
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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 6:38 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 7:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:387:39
213.06:387:38
313.06:397:38
413.06:407:38
513.06:407:37
612.96:417:37
712.96:417:36
812.96:427:36
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2012.76:497:29
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Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.8 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in February across the year — February's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Vassouras

In seasonPeak

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

Vassouras'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 Vassouras?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vassouras.

What to pack for Vassouras in February

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

In February, Vassouras 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 Vassouras 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 Vassouras peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 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 20UV 15Jul 12UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Vassouras 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 Vassouras is worst in July — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateModerateJul 1237 µg/m³Dec 2319 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun36Poor
Jul38Poor
Aug32Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct24Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Vassouras?

Vassouras sits at 22.4°S, 43.7°W, 424 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mendes, 15 km away.

Topography around Vassouras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vassouras has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m around an average of 500 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 944 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,224 m.

The land around Vassouras is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (49%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
386 m
16 km
944 m
80 km
2,224 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
February weather nearby: Mendes 15 km · Valença 18 km · Barra do Piraí 18 km · Miguel Pereira 21 km · Paracambi 23 km · Paty do Alferes 25 km · Japeri 27 km · Piraí 35 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 Vassouras (-22.4039°, -43.6625°, elevation 424 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).