Monteverde weather in February

In February, Monteverde sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Monteverde's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monteverde's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:04 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical February day in Monteverde reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 1°C cooler than 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Monteverde weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 4th-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	26° / 18°	12	3.5	11.5	7.9
Feb	27° / 18°	9	2	11.7	8.0
Mar	29° / 19°	8	2.1	11.9	7.0
Apr	29° / 20°	46	7.7	12.2	5.5
May	28° / 20°	260	21.4	12.5	4.2
Jun	27° / 20°	287	25.6	12.6	3.8
Jul	27° / 20°	200	22.5	12.5	4.3
Aug	27° / 20°	246	24.4	12.3	4.1
Sep	27° / 20°	346	28.3	12.1	3.5
Oct	26° / 20°	381	28	11.8	3.7
Nov	26° / 19°	165	19.4	11.5	5.0
Dec	26° / 19°	44	7.5	11.4	7.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in February, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. 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 (%)	84	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	82	82	82	82	80	80	80	80	80	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80
Cloudier (%)	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Monteverde gets around 9 mm of rain over 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Humid (%)	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	76	75	74	73	72	72	71	71	71	72	72
Muggy (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	79	15
2	6	79	15
3	6	79	15
4	6	79	15
5	6	79	15
6	5	80	15
7	5	80	15
8	5	80	15
9	5	80	15
10	5	79	16
11	5	79	16
12	5	79	16
13	5	78	17
14	5	78	17
15	5	78	17
16	5	77	18
17	5	77	18
18	6	76	18
19	6	75	19
20	7	74	19
21	7	73	20
22	8	72	20
23	8	72	20
24	9	71	20
25	9	71	20
26	9	71	20
27	9	72	19
28	9	72	19

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	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 6:06 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:46 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	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	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	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:06	5:39
2	11.6	6:06	5:40
3	11.6	6:06	5:40
4	11.6	6:06	5:40
5	11.6	6:06	5:41
6	11.6	6:06	5:41
7	11.6	6:06	5:41
8	11.6	6:05	5:42
9	11.6	6:05	5:42
10	11.6	6:05	5:42
11	11.6	6:05	5:43
12	11.6	6:05	5:43
13	11.6	6:04	5:43
14	11.7	6:04	5:43
15	11.7	6:04	5:44
16	11.7	6:04	5:44
17	11.7	6:03	5:44
18	11.7	6:03	5:44
19	11.7	6:03	5:45
20	11.7	6:02	5:45
21	11.7	6:02	5:45
22	11.7	6:02	5:45
23	11.7	6:01	5:45
24	11.7	6:01	5:45
25	11.7	6:01	5:46
26	11.8	6:00	5:46
27	11.8	6:00	5:46
28	11.8	5:59	5:46

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — February's 5.81 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Monteverde

In seasonPeak

None of Monteverde's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Monteverde's rainy season runs May–October, 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 Monteverde?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Monteverde for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Monteverde in February

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

In February, Monteverde sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Monteverde 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 at the nearest coast (about 52 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in November near 28°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	29	29	29	29	28	28	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Tropical

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

UV index in Monteverde 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 Monteverde peaks around March 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Monteverde 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 Monteverde is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 10 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)	10	11	13	21	23	21	22	20	18	15	12	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Monteverde?

Monteverde sits at 10.3°N, 84.8°W, 0 m above sea level, in Costa Rica. The nearest listed city is La Fortuna, 26 km away.

Topography around Monteverde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monteverde has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,048 m around an average of 1,390 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,704 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,891 m.

The land around Monteverde is covered by trees (90%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,048 m

trees 90%

16 km

1,704 m

trees 83%

80 km

2,891 m

trees 60%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

February weather nearby: La Fortuna 26 km · Cañas 34 km · Chacarita 36 km · Puntarenas 37 km · Esparza 38 km · Quesada 41 km · San_Ramon_ 45 km · Nicoya 72 km

Costa Rica travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 59% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $19,970; 2025
Happiness: 7.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 81%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 17.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 516
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 Monteverde (10.3077°, -84.8106°, elevation 0 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. 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. 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	28	18
20	28	18
21	28	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	79	15
2	6	79	15
3	6	79	15
4	6	79	15
5	6	79	15
6	5	80	15
7	5	80	15
8	5	80	15
9	5	80	15
10	5	79	16
11	5	79	16
12	5	79	16
13	5	78	17
14	5	78	17
15	5	78	17
16	5	77	18
17	5	77	18
18	6	76	18
19	6	75	19
20	7	74	19
21	7	73	20
22	8	72	20
23	8	72	20
24	9	71	20
25	9	71	20
26	9	71	20
27	9	72	19
28	9	72	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	79	15
2	6	79	15
3	6	79	15
4	6	79	15
5	6	79	15
6	5	80	15
7	5	80	15
8	5	80	15
9	5	80	15
10	5	79	16
11	5	79	16
12	5	79	16
13	5	78	17
14	5	78	17
15	5	78	17
16	5	77	18
17	5	77	18
18	6	76	18
19	6	75	19
20	7	74	19
21	7	73	20
22	8	72	20
23	8	72	20
24	9	71	20
25	9	71	20
26	9	71	20
27	9	72	19
28	9	72	19

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	80	20

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	79	15
2	6	79	15
3	6	79	15
4	6	79	15
5	6	79	15
6	5	80	15
7	5	80	15
8	5	80	15
9	5	80	15
10	5	79	16
11	5	79	16
12	5	79	16
13	5	78	17
14	5	78	17
15	5	78	17
16	5	77	18
17	5	77	18
18	6	76	18
19	6	75	19
20	7	74	19
21	7	73	20
22	8	72	20
23	8	72	20
24	9	71	20
25	9	71	20
26	9	71	20
27	9	72	19
28	9	72	19