Flying Fish Cove weather in February

In February, Flying Fish Cove sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 202 mm of rain across 19.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 17% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Flying Fish Cove's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flying Fish Cove's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 202 mm; 19.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:02 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 12th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Flying Fish Cove is capital city and main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island.

Founded: 1888

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 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Flying Fish Cove reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 29°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

How February really feels in Flying Fish Cove

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Flying Fish Cove weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 26°	186	18.3	12.5	5.1
Feb	28° / 26°	202	19.5	12.3	4.6
Mar	28° / 26°	217	21.7	12.1	4.6
Apr	28° / 27°	167	20.1	11.8	4.6
May	28° / 27°	93	15.7	11.5	5.6
Jun	27° / 26°	87	13.2	11.4	6.1
Jul	26° / 25°	52	10.8	11.5	6.7
Aug	26° / 25°	23	6.4	11.7	7.5
Sep	26° / 25°	22	4.5	11.9	7.7
Oct	26° / 25°	41	5.2	12.2	7.4
Nov	27° / 26°	76	8.8	12.5	6.6
Dec	27° / 26°	133	13.5	12.6	5.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	34	35	36	37	37
Cloudier (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	68	68	69	69	69	69	68	67	67	67	66	65	64	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Flying Fish Cove gets around 202 mm of rain over 19.5 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 70% and peaks near 72% 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 (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	66
28	66

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 68% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	70	69	69	68	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65
Miserable (%)	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	74	24
2	2	74	24
3	2	74	24
4	2	74	24
5	2	73	25
6	2	73	25
7	2	72	26
8	2	71	27
9	1	71	28
10	1	70	29
11	1	69	30
12	1	69	30
13	1	68	31
14	2	66	32
15	2	66	32
16	2	66	32
17	2	65	33
18	2	65	33
19	2	65	33
20	2	65	33
21	2	65	33
22	2	65	33
23	2	65	33
24	2	65	33
25	2	65	33
26	2	65	33
27	2	65	33
28	2	65	33

Wind in February

Winds average 18 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
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14	18	light breeze
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24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:17 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)	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:57	6:24
2	12.4	5:58	6:24
3	12.4	5:58	6:24
4	12.4	5:58	6:24
5	12.4	5:59	6:24
6	12.4	5:59	6:24
7	12.4	5:59	6:24
8	12.4	6:00	6:24
9	12.4	6:00	6:23
10	12.4	6:00	6:23
11	12.4	6:01	6:23
12	12.4	6:01	6:23
13	12.4	6:01	6:23
14	12.4	6:01	6:22
15	12.3	6:02	6:22
16	12.3	6:02	6:22
17	12.3	6:02	6:22
18	12.3	6:02	6:21
19	12.3	6:02	6:21
20	12.3	6:03	6:21
21	12.3	6:03	6:20
22	12.3	6:03	6:20
23	12.3	6:03	6:20
24	12.3	6:03	6:19
25	12.3	6:04	6:19
26	12.2	6:04	6:18
27	12.2	6:04	6:18
28	12.2	6:04	6:17

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.9 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
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18	5.9	Bright
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20	5.9	Bright
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24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Flying Fish Cove

In seasonPeak

In February, Flying Fish Cove sits inside its cyclone and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Flying Fish Cove sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Flying Fish Cove's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Flying Fish Cove?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Flying Fish Cove for sightseeing.

What to pack for Flying Fish Cove in February

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

In February, Flying Fish Cove sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Flying Fish Cove in February

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in September near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	27	28	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	28	Tropical
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	28	Warm
Dec	28	Tropical

UV index in Flying Fish Cove 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 Flying Fish Cove peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	15	15	15	13	11	9	10	12	13	13	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Flying Fish Cove?

Flying Fish Cove sits at 10.4°S, 105.7°E, 135 m above sea level, in Christmas Island. The nearest listed city is Pelabuhanratu, 394 km away.

Topography around Flying Fish Cove

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flying Fish Cove has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m.

The land around Flying Fish Cove is covered by water (54%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, water (84%) within 16 km, and water (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

332 m

water 54%

16 km

366 m

water 84%

80 km

361 m

water 97%

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← January Flying Fish Cove year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Pelabuhanratu 394 km · Banjar 407 km · Sukabumi 413 km · Leuwiliang 419 km · Cicurug 423 km · Soreang 428 km · Banjaran 430 km · Garut 431 km

Christmas Island travel facts

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 Flying Fish Cove (-10.4217°, 105.6791°, elevation 135 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	28	26
2	28	26
3	28	26
4	28	26
5	28	26
6	28	26
7	28	26
8	28	26
9	28	26
10	28	26
11	28	26
12	28	26
13	28	26
14	28	26
15	28	26
16	28	26
17	28	26
18	28	26
19	28	26
20	28	26
21	28	26
22	28	26
23	28	26
24	28	26
25	28	26
26	28	26
27	28	26
28	28	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	66
28	66

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	74	24
2	2	74	24
3	2	74	24
4	2	74	24
5	2	73	25
6	2	73	25
7	2	72	26
8	2	71	27
9	1	71	28
10	1	70	29
11	1	69	30
12	1	69	30
13	1	68	31
14	2	66	32
15	2	66	32
16	2	66	32
17	2	65	33
18	2	65	33
19	2	65	33
20	2	65	33
21	2	65	33
22	2	65	33
23	2	65	33
24	2	65	33
25	2	65	33
26	2	65	33
27	2	65	33
28	2	65	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	66
28	66

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	74	24
2	2	74	24
3	2	74	24
4	2	74	24
5	2	73	25
6	2	73	25
7	2	72	26
8	2	71	27
9	1	71	28
10	1	70	29
11	1	69	30
12	1	69	30
13	1	68	31
14	2	66	32
15	2	66	32
16	2	66	32
17	2	65	33
18	2	65	33
19	2	65	33
20	2	65	33
21	2	65	33
22	2	65	33
23	2	65	33
24	2	65	33
25	2	65	33
26	2	65	33
27	2	65	33
28	2	65	33

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	35	65
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	71
8	71
9	71
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	71
14	71
15	71
16	71
17	70
18	70
19	70
20	69
21	69
22	68
23	68
24	67
25	67
26	66
27	66
28	66

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	74	24
2	2	74	24
3	2	74	24
4	2	74	24
5	2	73	25
6	2	73	25
7	2	72	26
8	2	71	27
9	1	71	28
10	1	70	29
11	1	69	30
12	1	69	30
13	1	68	31
14	2	66	32
15	2	66	32
16	2	66	32
17	2	65	33
18	2	65	33
19	2	65	33
20	2	65	33
21	2	65	33
22	2	65	33
23	2	65	33
24	2	65	33
25	2	65	33
26	2	65	33
27	2	65	33
28	2	65	33