Santa Rita weather in February

In February, Santa Rita sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 52 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Santa Rita's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Rita's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:21 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; 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 27°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical February day in Santa Rita reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	29	19
28	29	19

How February really feels in Santa Rita

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.

Santa Rita weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 9th-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	26° / 18°	81	15.5	11.2	5.9
Feb	28° / 19°	52	11.5	11.5	6.0
Mar	30° / 20°	50	8.7	11.9	5.4
Apr	33° / 21°	47	9.6	12.3	3.8
May	33° / 22°	125	18	12.7	2.8
Jun	32° / 23°	175	23.2	12.9	2.7
Jul	31° / 22°	153	23.7	12.8	3.1
Aug	31° / 22°	152	24.8	12.5	2.9
Sep	31° / 22°	193	25.1	12.1	2.7
Oct	29° / 21°	196	24.2	11.7	3.5
Nov	27° / 20°	145	19.9	11.3	4.9
Dec	26° / 19°	87	17.1	11.1	5.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. 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 (%)	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	69	69	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Santa Rita gets around 52 mm of rain over 11.5 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 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	43
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	32
28	32

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Humid (%)	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13
Muggy (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	74	75	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	71	70	69
Oppressive (%)	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	15	76	7
2	2	15	76	7
3	2	14	76	8
4	2	14	76	8
5	2	14	76	8
6	2	14	76	8
7	2	15	74	9
8	2	15	74	9
9	2	15	74	9
10	2	15	74	9
11	2	15	74	9
12	2	15	73	10
13	2	15	73	10
14	2	15	73	10
15	2	14	73	11
16	1	14	74	11
17	1	13	75	11
18	1	13	74	12
19	1	12	74	13
20	1	12	74	13
21	1	11	74	14
22	1	11	74	14
23	1	11	73	15
24	1	11	73	15
25	1	11	73	15
26	1	12	71	16
27	2	12	70	16
28	2	13	69	16

Wind in February

Winds average 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	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 6:25 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:55 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)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:25	5:45
2	11.3	6:25	5:45
3	11.4	6:25	5:46
4	11.4	6:25	5:46
5	11.4	6:24	5:47
6	11.4	6:24	5:47
7	11.4	6:24	5:48
8	11.4	6:24	5:48
9	11.4	6:23	5:49
10	11.4	6:23	5:49
11	11.4	6:23	5:49
12	11.5	6:22	5:50
13	11.5	6:22	5:50
14	11.5	6:22	5:51
15	11.5	6:21	5:51
16	11.5	6:21	5:51
17	11.5	6:20	5:52
18	11.5	6:20	5:52
19	11.5	6:20	5:52
20	11.6	6:19	5:53
21	11.6	6:19	5:53
22	11.6	6:18	5:53
23	11.6	6:18	5:54
24	11.6	6:17	5:54
25	11.6	6:17	5:54
26	11.6	6:16	5:54
27	11.7	6:16	5:55
28	11.7	6:15	5:55

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 4.75 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)	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Santa Rita?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Santa Rita for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Santa Rita in February

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

In February, Santa Rita sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Rita 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 Santa Rita peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (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	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Santa Rita 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 Santa Rita is worst in April — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.0× the cleanest month (December, 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)	11	15	24	70	53	22	25	19	18	15	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	53	Poor
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Rita?

Santa Rita sits at 15.2°N, 87.9°W, 52 m above sea level, in Honduras. The nearest listed city is Potrerillos, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Rita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Rita has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,480 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,713 m.

The land around Santa Rita is covered by trees (48%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

360 m

trees 48%

16 km

1,480 m

trees 59%

80 km

2,713 m

trees 71%

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

February weather nearby: Potrerillos 9.0 km · Villanueva 17 km · San Antonio de Cortés 19 km · San Francisco de Yojoa 23 km · El Negrito 24 km · El Progreso 24 km · Santa Cruz de Yojoa 24 km · La Lima 26 km

Honduras travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,598; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 66%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 31.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 553
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 Santa Rita (15.2°, -87.8833°, elevation 52 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	29	19
28	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	43
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	32
28	32

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	15	76	7
2	2	15	76	7
3	2	14	76	8
4	2	14	76	8
5	2	14	76	8
6	2	14	76	8
7	2	15	74	9
8	2	15	74	9
9	2	15	74	9
10	2	15	74	9
11	2	15	74	9
12	2	15	73	10
13	2	15	73	10
14	2	15	73	10
15	2	14	73	11
16	1	14	74	11
17	1	13	75	11
18	1	13	74	12
19	1	12	74	13
20	1	12	74	13
21	1	11	74	14
22	1	11	74	14
23	1	11	73	15
24	1	11	73	15
25	1	11	73	15
26	1	12	71	16
27	2	12	70	16
28	2	13	69	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	29	19
28	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	43
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	32
28	32

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	15	76	7
2	2	15	76	7
3	2	14	76	8
4	2	14	76	8
5	2	14	76	8
6	2	14	76	8
7	2	15	74	9
8	2	15	74	9
9	2	15	74	9
10	2	15	74	9
11	2	15	74	9
12	2	15	73	10
13	2	15	73	10
14	2	15	73	10
15	2	14	73	11
16	1	14	74	11
17	1	13	75	11
18	1	13	74	12
19	1	12	74	13
20	1	12	74	13
21	1	11	74	14
22	1	11	74	14
23	1	11	73	15
24	1	11	73	15
25	1	11	73	15
26	1	12	71	16
27	2	12	70	16
28	2	13	69	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	29	19
28	29	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	66	34
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	46
3	45
4	45
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	45
11	44
12	44
13	44
14	43
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	40
19	39
20	38
21	37
22	36
23	35
24	34
25	34
26	33
27	32
28	32

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	15	76	7
2	2	15	76	7
3	2	14	76	8
4	2	14	76	8
5	2	14	76	8
6	2	14	76	8
7	2	15	74	9
8	2	15	74	9
9	2	15	74	9
10	2	15	74	9
11	2	15	74	9
12	2	15	73	10
13	2	15	73	10
14	2	15	73	10
15	2	14	73	11
16	1	14	74	11
17	1	13	75	11
18	1	13	74	12
19	1	12	74	13
20	1	12	74	13
21	1	11	74	14
22	1	11	74	14
23	1	11	73	15
24	1	11	73	15
25	1	11	73	15
26	1	12	71	16
27	2	12	70	16
28	2	13	69	16