Fresnillo weather in February

In February, Fresnillo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 11 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Fresnillo's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fresnillo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 7:30 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

Fresnillo is city in Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Density: 29/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1554

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical February day in Fresnillo reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 26°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

Fresnillo weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 5°	15	2.6	10.7	7.7
Feb	22° / 7°	11	1.6	11.2	8.4
Mar	25° / 9°	8	1.6	11.8	8.6
Apr	27° / 11°	9	2.2	12.5	7.8
May	29° / 14°	20	4.7	13.1	6.5
Jun	28° / 15°	68	9.7	13.4	6.2
Jul	26° / 14°	94	11.8	13.3	6.5
Aug	26° / 14°	79	10.9	12.8	6.6
Sep	24° / 13°	98	13	12.1	6.5
Oct	24° / 11°	31	5.3	11.5	8.0
Nov	22° / 8°	13	2.3	10.9	8.4
Dec	20° / 6°	8	1.5	10.6	7.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 30%. 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 (%)	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72
Cloudier (%)	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Fresnillo gets around 11 mm of rain over 1.6 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 6% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:37 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:49 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:37	6:33
2	11.0	7:36	6:34
3	11.0	7:36	6:35
4	11.0	7:36	6:35
5	11.0	7:35	6:36
6	11.0	7:35	6:37
7	11.0	7:34	6:37
8	11.1	7:34	6:38
9	11.1	7:33	6:38
10	11.1	7:33	6:39
11	11.1	7:32	6:40
12	11.1	7:32	6:40
13	11.2	7:31	6:41
14	11.2	7:31	6:42
15	11.2	7:30	6:42
16	11.2	7:29	6:43
17	11.2	7:29	6:43
18	11.3	7:28	6:44
19	11.3	7:27	6:44
20	11.3	7:27	6:45
21	11.3	7:26	6:45
22	11.3	7:25	6:46
23	11.4	7:25	6:47
24	11.4	7:24	6:47
25	11.4	7:23	6:48
26	11.4	7:22	6:48
27	11.5	7:21	6:49
28	11.5	7:21	6:49

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 5.78 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)	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	6.0	Bright
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Fresnillo?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Fresnillo for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Fresnillo in February

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

In February, Fresnillo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: light clothes, a warm layer and sun protection.

light clothesa warm layersun protection

UV index in Fresnillo in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fresnillo peaks around May 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (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)	7	10	12	14	14	14	13	14	13	10	7	7
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	High
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	7	High

Location & terrain

Where is Fresnillo?

Fresnillo sits at 23.2°N, 102.9°W, 2,192 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Víctor Rosales, 30 km away.

Topography around Fresnillo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fresnillo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 2,197 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 790 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m.

The land around Fresnillo is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

142 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

790 m

shrubs 50%

80 km

1,141 m

shrubs 54%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Víctor Rosales 30 km · Zacatecas 54 km · Guadalupe 60 km · Jerez de García Salinas 60 km · Río Grande 74 km · Sombrerete 94 km · Rincón de Romos 119 km · Pabellón de Arteaga 129 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 54% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,889; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 440
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 Fresnillo (23.1749°, -102.8679°, elevation 2,192 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. 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	21	6
2	21	6
3	21	6
4	21	6
5	21	6
6	21	6
7	21	6
8	21	6
9	21	6
10	22	6
11	22	6
12	22	7
13	22	7
14	22	7
15	22	7
16	23	7
17	23	7
18	23	7
19	23	7
20	23	7
21	23	7
22	23	7
23	23	7
24	23	7
25	23	7
26	24	8
27	24	8
28	24	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100