Bitam weather in February

In February, Bitam sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 78 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-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 3% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Bitam's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bitam's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:31 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Bitam is town in northern Gabon.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Bitam 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 28°C and 32°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

How February really feels in Bitam

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

heat index over the day's high

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.

Bitam weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	58	12.7	11.9	4.5
Feb	30° / 21°	78	13.6	11.9	4.1
Mar	30° / 21°	165	23.1	12	3.3
Apr	30° / 21°	190	25.5	12	3.0
May	29° / 21°	155	25.7	12.1	3.3
Jun	28° / 21°	128	22.5	12.1	4.1
Jul	27° / 20°	104	19.6	12.1	4.8
Aug	28° / 20°	102	19.6	12.1	4.7
Sep	28° / 21°	174	26.2	12	3.4
Oct	28° / 21°	216	27.9	12	3.3
Nov	29° / 20°	178	25.1	11.9	3.5
Dec	29° / 21°	74	14.6	11.9	4.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	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	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Cloudier (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Bitam gets around 78 mm of rain over 13.6 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 49% and peaks near 62% 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 (%)	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	49	51	52	53	55	56	57	59	60	61	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	51
20	52
21	53
22	55
23	56
24	57
25	59
26	60
27	61
28	62

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 62% 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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	70	69	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	52
Oppressive (%)	29	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	48

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	70	29
2	1	69	30
3	1	68	31
4	1	67	32
5	1	67	32
6	1	66	33
7	1	66	33
8	0	66	34
9	0	66	34
10	0	65	35
11	0	65	35
12	0	64	36
13	0	64	36
14	0	63	37
15	0	62	38
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	59	41
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	56	44
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	52	48
28	0	52	48

Wind in February

Winds average 6 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.

	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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:30 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:26 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:30	6:25
2	11.9	6:30	6:25
3	11.9	6:30	6:25
4	11.9	6:30	6:25
5	11.9	6:31	6:26
6	11.9	6:31	6:26
7	11.9	6:31	6:26
8	11.9	6:31	6:26
9	11.9	6:31	6:26
10	11.9	6:31	6:26
11	11.9	6:31	6:26
12	11.9	6:31	6:26
13	11.9	6:31	6:26
14	11.9	6:31	6:27
15	11.9	6:31	6:27
16	11.9	6:31	6:27
17	11.9	6:30	6:27
18	11.9	6:30	6:27
19	11.9	6:30	6:27
20	11.9	6:30	6:27
21	11.9	6:30	6:27
22	11.9	6:30	6:27
23	11.9	6:30	6:26
24	11.9	6:30	6:26
25	11.9	6:29	6:26
26	12.0	6:29	6:26
27	12.0	6:29	6:26
28	12.0	6:29	6:26

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.03 kWh/m² in March across the year — February's 4.86 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Bitam?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Bitam for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bitam in February

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

In February, Bitam sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bitam 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 Bitam peaks around March 21 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	12	14	14	12	10	10	11	13	14	11	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bitam 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 Bitam is worst in February — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.7× the cleanest month (September, 8 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)	40	53	32	22	15	16	16	13	8	9	16	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	53	Poor
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	8	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bitam?

Bitam sits at 2.1°N, 11.5°E, 575 m above sea level, in Gabon. The nearest listed city is Ebebiyin, 21 km away.

Topography around Bitam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bitam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 586 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m.

The land around Bitam is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (98%) within 16 km, and trees (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

112 m

trees 74%

16 km

233 m

trees 98%

80 km

610 m

trees 100%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

February weather nearby: Ebebiyin 21 km · Ambam 42 km · Oyem 54 km · Ciudad de la Paz 92 km · Ébolowa 100 km · Sangmélima 109 km · Lolodorf 154 km · Mbalmayo 160 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 Bitam (2.076°, 11.5007°, elevation 575 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	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	51
20	52
21	53
22	55
23	56
24	57
25	59
26	60
27	61
28	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	70	29
2	1	69	30
3	1	68	31
4	1	67	32
5	1	67	32
6	1	66	33
7	1	66	33
8	0	66	34
9	0	66	34
10	0	65	35
11	0	65	35
12	0	64	36
13	0	64	36
14	0	63	37
15	0	62	38
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	59	41
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	56	44
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	52	48
28	0	52	48

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	51
20	52
21	53
22	55
23	56
24	57
25	59
26	60
27	61
28	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	70	29
2	1	69	30
3	1	68	31
4	1	67	32
5	1	67	32
6	1	66	33
7	1	66	33
8	0	66	34
9	0	66	34
10	0	65	35
11	0	65	35
12	0	64	36
13	0	64	36
14	0	63	37
15	0	62	38
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	59	41
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	56	44
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	52	48
28	0	52	48

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	42
4	42
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	47
17	48
18	49
19	51
20	52
21	53
22	55
23	56
24	57
25	59
26	60
27	61
28	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	70	29
2	1	69	30
3	1	68	31
4	1	67	32
5	1	67	32
6	1	66	33
7	1	66	33
8	0	66	34
9	0	66	34
10	0	65	35
11	0	65	35
12	0	64	36
13	0	64	36
14	0	63	37
15	0	62	38
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	59	41
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	56	44
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	52	48
28	0	52	48