Puerto Peñasco weather in February

In February, Puerto Peñasco sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Puerto Peñasco's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Puerto Peñasco's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:23 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 12th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Puerto Peñasco is municipal seat of Puerto Peñasco, State of Sonora, Mexico.

Founded: 1927

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 19°C through the month.

A typical February day in Puerto Peñasco reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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)	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	19	19
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

How February really feels in Puerto Peñasco

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.

Puerto Peñasco weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 13°	8	1.6	10.2	7.7
Feb	19° / 14°	11	2.1	10.9	7.7
Mar	21° / 16°	8	1.5	11.8	8.3
Apr	23° / 19°	3	0.6	12.7	9.2
May	26° / 22°	1	0.1	13.6	9.3
Jun	29° / 25°	1	0	14	8.0
Jul	31° / 29°	2	0.4	13.8	5.7
Aug	32° / 30°	7	1	13.1	5.2
Sep	32° / 28°	9	1.4	12.2	5.7
Oct	28° / 24°	8	1	11.2	7.9
Nov	23° / 18°	8	1.1	10.4	8.9
Dec	19° / 14°	14	2.1	10	7.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	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 (%)	79	80	79	79	78	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	74	74	74	75	76	76	77
Cloudier (%)	21	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	24	24	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Puerto Peñasco gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7

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

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 86% 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 (%)	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86
Comfortable (%)	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	10	0
2	90	10	0
3	89	11	0
4	89	11	0
5	88	12	0
6	88	12	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	84	15	1
20	84	15	1
21	84	15	1
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	15	0
25	85	15	0
26	85	15	0
27	86	14	0
28	86	14	0

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:33 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:25 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	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	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:33	6:02
2	10.5	7:32	6:03
3	10.5	7:32	6:04
4	10.6	7:31	6:05
5	10.6	7:30	6:06
6	10.6	7:30	6:07
7	10.6	7:29	6:08
8	10.7	7:28	6:09
9	10.7	7:28	6:10
10	10.7	7:27	6:10
11	10.8	7:26	6:11
12	10.8	7:25	6:12
13	10.8	7:25	6:13
14	10.8	7:24	6:14
15	10.9	7:23	6:15
16	10.9	7:22	6:15
17	10.9	7:21	6:16
18	10.9	7:20	6:17
19	11.0	7:19	6:18
20	11.0	7:18	6:19
21	11.0	7:17	6:20
22	11.1	7:16	6:20
23	11.1	7:15	6:21
24	11.1	7:14	6:22
25	11.2	7:13	6:23
26	11.2	7:12	6:24
27	11.2	7:11	6:24
28	11.3	7:10	6:25

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 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 8.36 kWh/m² in June 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)	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Puerto Peñasco?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Puerto Peñasco in February

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

In February, Puerto Peñasco sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Puerto Peñasco in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 31°C and coldest in January near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 7 to Dec 7 — about 8.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	19	21	23	26	29	31	30	27	23	19
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	21	Refreshing
May	23	Refreshing
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	29	Tropical
Aug	31	Tropical
Sep	30	Tropical
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Puerto Peñasco in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Puerto Peñasco peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (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)	4	5	6	9	8	11	11	11	9	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Puerto Peñasco?

Puerto Peñasco sits at 31.3°N, 113.5°W, 11 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 128 km away.

Topography around Puerto Peñasco

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Puerto Peñasco has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,234 m.

The land around Puerto Peñasco is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), bare terrain (33%) and water (21%) within 3 km, water (53%) and bare terrain (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (52%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

55 m

artificial surfaces 40%

16 km

122 m

water 53%

80 km

1,234 m

bare terrain 52%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: San Felipe 128 km · Heroica Caborca 147 km · Fortuna Foothills 170 km · San Luis Río Colorado 172 km · San Luis 175 km · Somerton 180 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 183 km · Yuma 187 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 Puerto Peñasco (31.3172°, -113.538°, elevation 11 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	19	14
2	19	14
3	19	14
4	19	14
5	19	14
6	19	14
7	19	14
8	19	14
9	19	14
10	19	14
11	19	14
12	19	14
13	19	14
14	19	14
15	19	14
16	19	14
17	19	14
18	19	14
19	19	15
20	19	15
21	19	15
22	19	15
23	19	15
24	19	15
25	19	15
26	19	15
27	19	15
28	19	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	10	0
2	90	10	0
3	89	11	0
4	89	11	0
5	88	12	0
6	88	12	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	84	15	1
20	84	15	1
21	84	15	1
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	15	0
25	85	15	0
26	85	15	0
27	86	14	0
28	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	10	0
2	90	10	0
3	89	11	0
4	89	11	0
5	88	12	0
6	88	12	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	84	15	1
20	84	15	1
21	84	15	1
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	15	0
25	85	15	0
26	85	15	0
27	86	14	0
28	86	14	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	76	24
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	74	26
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	75	25
26	76	24
27	76	24
28	77	23

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	10	0
2	90	10	0
3	89	11	0
4	89	11	0
5	88	12	0
6	88	12	0
7	87	13	0
8	86	13	1
9	86	13	1
10	85	14	1
11	85	14	1
12	84	15	1
13	84	15	1
14	84	15	1
15	84	15	1
16	84	15	1
17	84	15	1
18	84	15	1
19	84	15	1
20	84	15	1
21	84	15	1
22	84	15	1
23	84	15	1
24	85	15	0
25	85	15	0
26	85	15	0
27	86	14	0
28	86	14	0