Arfoud weather in February

In February, Arfoud sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 10 mm of precipitation across 1.6 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Arfoud's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arfoud's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 10 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 7:06 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical February day in Arfoud reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How February really feels in Arfoud

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.

Arfoud weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 4°	7	1.4	10.2	7.0
Feb	19° / 7°	10	1.6	10.9	7.9
Mar	23° / 11°	6	1.3	11.8	8.7
Apr	27° / 15°	5	1.1	12.7	8.1
May	32° / 19°	7	1.3	13.6	5.3
Jun	37° / 23°	3	0.6	14	2.2
Jul	40° / 27°	2	0.2	13.8	0.0
Aug	39° / 26°	2	0.5	13.1	0.5
Sep	34° / 22°	7	1.3	12.2	3.7
Oct	28° / 16°	11	1.7	11.2	7.4
Nov	22° / 10°	10	1.7	10.4	8.4
Dec	17° / 6°	6	1.3	10	7.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	84	84
Cloudier (%)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Arfoud gets around 10 mm of rain and snow 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 precipitation averages around 6% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

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 10 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 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 7:16 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 6:08 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	10.7	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	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	7:16	5:45
2	10.5	7:15	5:46
3	10.5	7:15	5:47
4	10.6	7:14	5:48
5	10.6	7:13	5:49
6	10.6	7:13	5:49
7	10.6	7:12	5:50
8	10.7	7:11	5:51
9	10.7	7:11	5:52
10	10.7	7:10	5:53
11	10.7	7:09	5:54
12	10.8	7:08	5:55
13	10.8	7:07	5:56
14	10.8	7:07	5:56
15	10.9	7:06	5:57
16	10.9	7:05	5:58
17	10.9	7:04	5:59
18	10.9	7:03	6:00
19	11.0	7:02	6:01
20	11.0	7:01	6:01
21	11.0	7:00	6:02
22	11.1	6:59	6:03
23	11.1	6:58	6:04
24	11.1	6:57	6:05
25	11.2	6:56	6:05
26	11.2	6:55	6:06
27	11.2	6:54	6:07
28	11.2	6:53	6:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.94 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)	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	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	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Arfoud

In seasonPeak

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

Arfoud sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Arfoud?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Arfoud in February

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

In February, Arfoud sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Arfoud 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 Arfoud peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (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	8	9	8	10	10	10	9	8	4	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Arfoud 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 Arfoud is worst in August — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 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	19	22	34	31	32	38	40	32	19	11	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Arfoud?

Arfoud sits at 31.4°N, 4.2°W, 809 m above sea level, in Morocco. The nearest listed city is Reçani, 17 km away.

Topography around Arfoud

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arfoud has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 806 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,631 m.

The land around Arfoud is covered by bare terrain (57%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

155 m

bare terrain 57%

16 km

221 m

bare terrain 91%

80 km

1,631 m

bare terrain 98%

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

February weather nearby: Reçani 17 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 17 km · Merzouga 43 km · Errachidia 58 km · Goulmima 74 km · Rich 95 km · Tinerhir 124 km · Midelt 147 km

Morocco travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,672; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 80%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
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 Arfoud (31.4353°, -4.2326°, elevation 809 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	18	5
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	6
6	18	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	19	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	84	16
28	84	16

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

	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