Salamá weather in February

In February, Salamá sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in February, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Salamá's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salamá's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:31 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical February day in Salamá reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 2°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Salamá weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 8th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 14°	12	3.7	11.2	8.2
Feb	27° / 14°	7	2.2	11.5	8.1
Mar	28° / 15°	16	3.7	11.9	7.1
Apr	30° / 16°	38	7.3	12.3	5.5
May	29° / 17°	132	17.6	12.7	4.4
Jun	28° / 17°	198	23.9	12.9	4.0
Jul	27° / 17°	124	20.1	12.8	4.8
Aug	28° / 17°	144	20.4	12.5	4.7
Sep	27° / 17°	219	24.3	12.1	4.1
Oct	26° / 17°	160	19.8	11.7	5.0
Nov	25° / 15°	57	9.1	11.3	6.9
Dec	25° / 14°	18	5	11.1	7.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in February, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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 (%)	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	84	84	84
Cloudier (%)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Salamá gets around 7 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the comfortable band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34
Comfortable (%)	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	62	62	62	61	61
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	66	2
2	33	65	2
3	33	65	2
4	33	65	2
5	34	64	2
6	34	64	2
7	35	63	2
8	35	63	2
9	36	62	2
10	37	61	2
11	37	61	2
12	37	61	2
13	37	61	2
14	37	61	2
15	37	61	2
16	37	61	2
17	37	61	2
18	37	61	2
19	36	62	2
20	36	62	2
21	35	62	3
22	35	62	3
23	34	63	3
24	34	62	4
25	34	62	4
26	34	62	4
27	34	61	5
28	34	61	5

Wind in February

Winds average 5 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:05 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)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:35	5:55
2	11.3	6:35	5:55
3	11.4	6:34	5:56
4	11.4	6:34	5:56
5	11.4	6:34	5:57
6	11.4	6:34	5:57
7	11.4	6:34	5:58
8	11.4	6:33	5:58
9	11.4	6:33	5:58
10	11.4	6:33	5:59
11	11.4	6:32	5:59
12	11.5	6:32	6:00
13	11.5	6:32	6:00
14	11.5	6:31	6:00
15	11.5	6:31	6:01
16	11.5	6:31	6:01
17	11.5	6:30	6:01
18	11.5	6:30	6:02
19	11.5	6:29	6:02
20	11.6	6:29	6:02
21	11.6	6:28	6:03
22	11.6	6:28	6:03
23	11.6	6:27	6:03
24	11.6	6:27	6:04
25	11.6	6:26	6:04
26	11.6	6:26	6:04
27	11.7	6:25	6:04
28	11.7	6:25	6:05

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 5.29 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)	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	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	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Salamá

In seasonPeak

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

Salamá's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Salamá?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Salamá in February

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

In February, Salamá sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Salamá in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salamá peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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)	10	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Salamá 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 Salamá is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (November, 18 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)	19	20	25	55	39	24	23	21	21	20	18	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	39	Poor
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Salamá?

Salamá sits at 15.1°N, 90.3°W, 936 m above sea level, in Guatemala. The nearest listed city is Rabinal, 19 km away.

Topography around Salamá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salamá has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 533 m around an average of 1,008 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,673 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,981 m.

The land around Salamá is covered by grassland (34%), shrubs (21%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (45%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

533 m

grassland 34%

16 km

1,673 m

trees 45%

80 km

2,981 m

trees 73%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

February weather nearby: Rabinal 19 km · San Cristóbal Verapaz 34 km · Sanarate 37 km · Guastatoya 38 km · San Pedro Ayampuc 39 km · Cobán 41 km · San Pedro Carchá 42 km · Chinautla 48 km

Guatemala travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 23.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 22.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 510
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 Salamá (15.1021°, -90.3191°, elevation 936 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	26	14
2	26	14
3	26	14
4	26	14
5	26	14
6	26	14
7	26	14
8	26	14
9	26	14
10	26	14
11	26	14
12	26	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	28	14
25	28	14
26	28	14
27	28	14
28	28	14

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	66	2
2	33	65	2
3	33	65	2
4	33	65	2
5	34	64	2
6	34	64	2
7	35	63	2
8	35	63	2
9	36	62	2
10	37	61	2
11	37	61	2
12	37	61	2
13	37	61	2
14	37	61	2
15	37	61	2
16	37	61	2
17	37	61	2
18	37	61	2
19	36	62	2
20	36	62	2
21	35	62	3
22	35	62	3
23	34	63	3
24	34	62	4
25	34	62	4
26	34	62	4
27	34	61	5
28	34	61	5

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	66	2
2	33	65	2
3	33	65	2
4	33	65	2
5	34	64	2
6	34	64	2
7	35	63	2
8	35	63	2
9	36	62	2
10	37	61	2
11	37	61	2
12	37	61	2
13	37	61	2
14	37	61	2
15	37	61	2
16	37	61	2
17	37	61	2
18	37	61	2
19	36	62	2
20	36	62	2
21	35	62	3
22	35	62	3
23	34	63	3
24	34	62	4
25	34	62	4
26	34	62	4
27	34	61	5
28	34	61	5

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	66	2
2	33	65	2
3	33	65	2
4	33	65	2
5	34	64	2
6	34	64	2
7	35	63	2
8	35	63	2
9	36	62	2
10	37	61	2
11	37	61	2
12	37	61	2
13	37	61	2
14	37	61	2
15	37	61	2
16	37	61	2
17	37	61	2
18	37	61	2
19	36	62	2
20	36	62	2
21	35	62	3
22	35	62	3
23	34	63	3
24	34	62	4
25	34	62	4
26	34	62	4
27	34	61	5
28	34	61	5