Santa Catarina weather in February

In February, Santa Catarina sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Santa Catarina's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Catarina's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 5.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 7:23 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Santa Catarina is municipal seat of Santa Catarina, State of Nuevo León, Mexico.

Density: 309/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1596

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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical February day in Santa Catarina reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Santa Catarina weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 8°	31	5.6	10.6	6.8
Feb	21° / 10°	28	5.2	11.1	7.4
Mar	24° / 13°	44	6.9	11.8	7.7
Apr	27° / 16°	40	7.1	12.6	7.1
May	29° / 19°	46	8.5	13.2	5.9
Jun	30° / 20°	42	5.9	13.6	5.5
Jul	30° / 20°	50	6	13.4	5.4
Aug	30° / 20°	36	5.3	12.9	5.5
Sep	27° / 19°	118	11.6	12.2	6.2
Oct	25° / 15°	58	7	11.4	7.7
Nov	21° / 11°	34	5.4	10.7	7.5
Dec	19° / 8°	26	4.8	10.4	7.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. 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 (%)	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	68
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Santa Catarina gets around 28 mm of rain over 5.2 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 18% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18

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

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 89% 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 (%)	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	86	86	86	85	85	85	83	83	83	82	82
Comfortable (%)	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	86	13	1
19	86	13	1
20	86	13	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	83	15	2
25	83	15	2
26	83	15	2
27	82	16	2
28	82	16	2

Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 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 7:31 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:38 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)	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:31	6:20
2	10.8	7:31	6:20
3	10.9	7:30	6:21
4	10.9	7:30	6:22
5	10.9	7:29	6:23
6	10.9	7:29	6:23
7	10.9	7:28	6:24
8	11.0	7:28	6:25
9	11.0	7:27	6:25
10	11.0	7:27	6:26
11	11.0	7:26	6:27
12	11.0	7:25	6:28
13	11.1	7:25	6:28
14	11.1	7:24	6:29
15	11.1	7:23	6:30
16	11.1	7:23	6:30
17	11.1	7:22	6:31
18	11.2	7:21	6:31
19	11.2	7:20	6:32
20	11.2	7:20	6:33
21	11.2	7:19	6:33
22	11.3	7:18	6:34
23	11.3	7:17	6:35
24	11.3	7:16	6:35
25	11.3	7:16	6:36
26	11.4	7:15	6:36
27	11.4	7:14	6:37
28	11.4	7:13	6:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.87 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	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	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	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Santa Catarina?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa Catarina in February

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

In February, Santa Catarina sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Santa Catarina in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 8 (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 Catarina peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (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)	6	8	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

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

Air quality in Santa Catarina 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 Catarina is worst in December — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	21	24	21	22	20	19	18	20	20	22	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Catarina?

Santa Catarina sits at 25.7°N, 100.5°W, 675 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Pedro Garza García, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Catarina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Catarina has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 949 m around an average of 751 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,177 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,485 m.

The land around Santa Catarina is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%), artificial surfaces (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (58%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

949 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

2,177 m

shrubs 47%

80 km

3,485 m

shrubs 58%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: San Pedro Garza García 6.0 km · Mitras Poniente 12 km · Parque Industrial Ciudad Mitras 13 km · Monterrey 14 km · San Nicolás de los Garza 17 km · García 19 km · Ciudad General Escobedo 20 km · Guadalupe 20 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 Santa Catarina (25.6732°, -100.4581°, elevation 675 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	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	9
4	19	9
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	21	9
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	86	13	1
19	86	13	1
20	86	13	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	83	15	2
25	83	15	2
26	83	15	2
27	82	16	2
28	82	16	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	86	13	1
19	86	13	1
20	86	13	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	83	15	2
25	83	15	2
26	83	15	2
27	82	16	2
28	82	16	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	60	40
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	4	0
2	95	5	0
3	95	5	0
4	95	5	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	93	7	0
8	92	8	0
9	92	8	0
10	91	9	0
11	91	9	0
12	90	10	0
13	90	10	0
14	89	11	0
15	89	11	0
16	88	12	0
17	88	12	0
18	86	13	1
19	86	13	1
20	86	13	1
21	85	14	1
22	85	14	1
23	85	14	1
24	83	15	2
25	83	15	2
26	83	15	2
27	82	16	2
28	82	16	2