Madera weather in February

In February, Madera sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 5.3 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Madera's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 40 mm; 5.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:58 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 9th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Madera is municipal seat of Madera, State of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Madera reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 3°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	0
2	14	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	15	0
9	15	0
10	15	1
11	15	1
12	15	1
13	15	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	1
26	16	1
27	16	1
28	16	1

How February really feels in Madera

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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 cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Madera weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / -0°	35	4.7	1.5	10.3	4.6
Feb	15° / 1°	40	5.3	2.2	11	5.2
Mar	18° / 3°	25	4	1.2	11.8	7.0
Apr	22° / 5°	12	2.3	0.2	12.7	8.3
May	26° / 9°	12	2.8	0	13.4	8.5
Jun	29° / 13°	48	9.4	0	13.8	6.0
Jul	27° / 14°	222	23.9	0	13.7	4.5
Aug	26° / 14°	173	21.7	0	13	5.0
Sep	25° / 12°	79	12.3	0	12.2	6.7
Oct	22° / 8°	36	5.1	0.1	11.3	8.0
Nov	18° / 3°	27	3.6	0.4	10.5	7.0
Dec	14° / 0°	42	4.6	2.1	10.2	4.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 34%.

	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 (%)	69	68	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	31	32	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Madera gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 5.3 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 18% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Snow chance (%)	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

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

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 8 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:45 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)	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:08	5:45
2	10.6	7:07	5:45
3	10.7	7:06	5:46
4	10.7	7:06	5:47
5	10.7	7:05	5:48
6	10.7	7:05	5:49
7	10.8	7:04	5:50
8	10.8	7:04	5:50
9	10.8	7:03	5:51
10	10.8	7:02	5:52
11	10.9	7:01	5:53
12	10.9	7:01	5:54
13	10.9	7:00	5:54
14	10.9	6:59	5:55
15	11.0	6:58	5:56
16	11.0	6:58	5:57
17	11.0	6:57	5:57
18	11.0	6:56	5:58
19	11.1	6:55	5:59
20	11.1	6:54	6:00
21	11.1	6:53	6:00
22	11.1	6:52	6:01
23	11.2	6:52	6:02
24	11.2	6:51	6:03
25	11.2	6:50	6:03
26	11.3	6:49	6:04
27	11.3	6:48	6:05
28	11.3	6:47	6:05

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 5 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Madera

In seasonPeak

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

Madera's monsoon runs July–August, 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 Madera?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Madera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Madera in February

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

In February, Madera sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Madera in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madera peaks around June 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	6	7	10	12	12	14	13	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	14	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Madera?

Madera sits at 29.2°N, 108.1°W, 2,117 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is Nuevo Casas Grandes, 138 km away.

Topography around Madera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m around an average of 2,145 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,421 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,480 m.

The land around Madera is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

268 m

trees 35%

16 km

1,421 m

trees 68%

80 km

2,480 m

trees 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Nuevo Casas Grandes 138 km · Cuauhtémoc 152 km · Chihuahua 209 km · Juan Aldama 220 km · Esperanza 250 km · Ciudad Obregón 259 km · Navojoa 268 km · Agua Prieta 272 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 Madera (29.1927°, -108.1433°, elevation 2,117 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	14	0
2	14	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	15	0
9	15	0
10	15	1
11	15	1
12	15	1
13	15	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	1
26	16	1
27	16	1
28	16	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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	14	0
2	14	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	15	0
9	15	0
10	15	1
11	15	1
12	15	1
13	15	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	1
26	16	1
27	16	1
28	16	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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	14	0
2	14	0
3	14	0
4	14	0
5	14	0
6	14	0
7	14	0
8	15	0
9	15	0
10	15	1
11	15	1
12	15	1
13	15	1
14	15	1
15	15	1
16	15	1
17	15	1
18	15	1
19	15	1
20	15	1
21	15	1
22	16	1
23	16	1
24	16	1
25	16	1
26	16	1
27	16	1
28	16	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	65	35
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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