Akanda weather in February

In February, Akanda sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 172 mm of rain across 24.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-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 7% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of February to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Akanda's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 172 mm; 24.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:38 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Akanda is city in Komo-Mondah, Gabon.

Founded: 2013

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 Akanda 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
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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 Akanda

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.

Akanda weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 25°	209	28	12	3.7
Feb	28° / 26°	172	24.4	12	3.8
Mar	28° / 26°	211	27	12	3.5
Apr	28° / 26°	216	25.4	12	3.6
May	27° / 26°	218	24.8	12	4.2
Jun	26° / 25°	72	11.2	12	6.3
Jul	25° / 24°	32	6.6	12	7.2
Aug	25° / 24°	30	7.8	12	7.0
Sep	26° / 25°	123	19.7	12	5.0
Oct	26° / 25°	285	28.9	12	3.7
Nov	27° / 25°	319	29.1	12	3.5
Dec	27° / 25°	266	29.6	12	3.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 79%.

	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 (%)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Akanda gets around 172 mm of rain over 24.4 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 88% and peaks near 90% 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 (%)	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87

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 65% 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
Oppressive (%)	71	70	69	68	68	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	60	59	58	57
Miserable (%)	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
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24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of February to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:36 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:37	6:35
2	12.0	6:37	6:36
3	12.0	6:37	6:36
4	12.0	6:37	6:36
5	12.0	6:37	6:36
6	12.0	6:38	6:36
7	12.0	6:38	6:36
8	12.0	6:38	6:36
9	12.0	6:38	6:36
10	12.0	6:38	6:37
11	12.0	6:38	6:37
12	12.0	6:38	6:37
13	12.0	6:38	6:37
14	12.0	6:38	6:37
15	12.0	6:38	6:37
16	12.0	6:38	6:37
17	12.0	6:38	6:37
18	12.0	6:38	6:37
19	12.0	6:38	6:37
20	12.0	6:38	6:37
21	12.0	6:37	6:36
22	12.0	6:37	6:36
23	12.0	6:37	6:36
24	12.0	6:37	6:36
25	12.0	6:37	6:36
26	12.0	6:37	6:36
27	12.0	6:37	6:36
28	12.0	6:36	6:36

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in March across the year — February's 5.1 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
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10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
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18	5.1	Bright
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20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Akanda

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

3.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Akanda.

What to pack for Akanda in February

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

In February, Akanda sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Akanda 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 March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°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	27	26	25	26	27	28	28
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	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	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	28	Warm
Dec	28	Tropical

UV index in Akanda in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akanda peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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)	11	11	13	13	11	9	9	9	12	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Akanda 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 Akanda is worst in February — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.7× the cleanest month (October, 7 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)	27	31	20	15	15	19	20	15	9	7	11	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Akanda?

Akanda sits at 0.6°N, 9.3°E, 291 m above sea level, in Gabon. The nearest listed city is Libreville, 28 km away.

Topography around Akanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 477 m.

The land around Akanda is covered by trees (54%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (71%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

trees 54%

16 km

70 m

water 71%

80 km

477 m

water 51%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

February weather nearby: Libreville 28 km · Owendo 40 km · Ntoum 54 km · Bata 148 km · Port-Gentil 160 km · Oyam 175 km · Lambaréné 177 km · Ciudad de la Paz 199 km

Gabon travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,263; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 23.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
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 Akanda (0.6073°, 9.3293°, elevation 291 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	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	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43

	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	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43

	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	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	87
16	87
17	87
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	64	36
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	61	39
25	60	40
26	59	41
27	58	42
28	57	43