Ayapel weather in February

In February, Ayapel sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 48 mm of rain across 9.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ayapel's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayapel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:23 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical February day in Ayapel reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer 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)	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	25
14	34	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	34	25
18	34	25
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26

How February really feels in Ayapel

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

28 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

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.

Ayapel weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 25°	47	11.7	11.6	3.6
Feb	34° / 25°	48	9.2	11.7	3.0
Mar	34° / 25°	120	18.7	11.9	2.4
Apr	33° / 25°	256	27.7	12.2	2.1
May	32° / 25°	351	30	12.4	2.1
Jun	32° / 25°	303	28.4	12.5	2.2
Jul	32° / 25°	308	29.1	12.4	2.2
Aug	32° / 24°	306	29.2	12.3	2.2
Sep	31° / 24°	298	29.1	12	2.2
Oct	31° / 24°	306	30.5	11.8	2.2
Nov	31° / 24°	246	28.7	11.6	2.4
Dec	32° / 24°	133	22.9	11.5	2.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	60	60	59	59	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	56	56	56	54	53	52	50	49
Cloudier (%)	40	40	41	41	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	44	44	44	46	47	48	50	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	50	50
28	49	51

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ayapel gets around 48 mm of rain over 9.2 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 33% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	26	27	28	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	36	37	38	40	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	40
28	42

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 72% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Oppressive (%)	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	73	73	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	70
Miserable (%)	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28

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

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	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 11 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:09 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)	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:25	6:03
2	11.6	6:25	6:04
3	11.7	6:25	6:04
4	11.7	6:25	6:04
5	11.7	6:25	6:05
6	11.7	6:25	6:05
7	11.7	6:25	6:05
8	11.7	6:24	6:05
9	11.7	6:24	6:06
10	11.7	6:24	6:06
11	11.7	6:24	6:06
12	11.7	6:24	6:06
13	11.7	6:24	6:07
14	11.7	6:24	6:07
15	11.7	6:23	6:07
16	11.7	6:23	6:07
17	11.7	6:23	6:07
18	11.7	6:23	6:08
19	11.8	6:22	6:08
20	11.8	6:22	6:08
21	11.8	6:22	6:08
22	11.8	6:21	6:08
23	11.8	6:21	6:08
24	11.8	6:21	6:08
25	11.8	6:20	6:08
26	11.8	6:20	6:08
27	11.8	6:20	6:09
28	11.8	6:19	6:09

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in March across the year — February's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Ayapel?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ayapel.

What to pack for Ayapel in February

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

In February, Ayapel sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ayapel in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayapel peaks around June 13 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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)	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Ayapel 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 Ayapel is worst in March — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	22	37	26	19	17	16	15	13	12	12	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ayapel?

Ayapel sits at 8.3°N, 75.1°W, 25 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Caucasia, 37 km away.

Topography around Ayapel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayapel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 999 m.

The land around Ayapel is covered by grassland (37%) and water (35%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and wetland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

grassland 37%

16 km

82 m

grassland 50%

80 km

999 m

grassland 58%

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

February weather nearby: Caucasia 37 km · San Marcos 38 km · Nechí 47 km · Montelíbano 48 km · Planeta Rica 50 km · San Benito Abad 70 km · Sucre 72 km · Sahagún 78 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 Ayapel (8.3137°, -75.1398°, elevation 25 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	25
14	34	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	34	25
18	34	25
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	50	50
28	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	40
28	42

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	25
14	34	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	34	25
18	34	25
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	50	50
28	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	40
28	42

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	34	25
8	34	25
9	34	25
10	34	25
11	34	25
12	34	25
13	34	25
14	34	25
15	34	25
16	34	25
17	34	25
18	34	25
19	34	26
20	34	26
21	34	26
22	34	26
23	34	26
24	34	26
25	34	26
26	34	26
27	34	26
28	34	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	50	50
28	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	30
7	31
8	32
9	32
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	37
26	38
27	40
28	42

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