Marte weather in February

In February, Marte sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Marte's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marte's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 35°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:32 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Marte is human settlement in Nigeria.

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 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical February day in Marte reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	18
2	34	18
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	18
7	34	18
8	34	18
9	34	18
10	34	18
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	35	19
18	36	19
19	36	20
20	36	20
21	36	20
22	36	20
23	36	20
24	37	21
25	37	21
26	37	21
27	37	21
28	37	21

How February really feels in Marte

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 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

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Marte weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 7th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 16°	0	0	11.4	5.2
Feb	35° / 19°	0	0	11.6	3.2
Mar	39° / 23°	0	0	11.9	0.7
Apr	41° / 27°	3	0.8	12.3	0.0
May	40° / 28°	15	4.3	12.6	0.1
Jun	38° / 27°	30	7.5	12.7	1.3
Jul	34° / 25°	86	15.1	12.7	2.6
Aug	32° / 24°	159	18.6	12.4	3.2
Sep	34° / 24°	62	10.7	12.1	3.0
Oct	37° / 24°	12	2.9	11.7	1.9
Nov	36° / 21°	0	0.1	11.4	2.7
Dec	33° / 17°	0	0	11.3	4.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 24%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	74	73	73	73	73	73	72	72
Cloudier (%)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Marte gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	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	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:10 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:34	6:02
2	11.5	6:34	6:02
3	11.5	6:34	6:03
4	11.5	6:34	6:03
5	11.5	6:34	6:04
6	11.5	6:34	6:04
7	11.5	6:34	6:04
8	11.5	6:33	6:05
9	11.5	6:33	6:05
10	11.5	6:33	6:05
11	11.6	6:33	6:06
12	11.6	6:32	6:06
13	11.6	6:32	6:06
14	11.6	6:32	6:07
15	11.6	6:32	6:07
16	11.6	6:31	6:07
17	11.6	6:31	6:08
18	11.6	6:31	6:08
19	11.6	6:30	6:08
20	11.6	6:30	6:08
21	11.7	6:29	6:09
22	11.7	6:29	6:09
23	11.7	6:29	6:09
24	11.7	6:28	6:09
25	11.7	6:28	6:09
26	11.7	6:27	6:10
27	11.7	6:27	6:10
28	11.7	6:26	6:10

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.38 kWh/m² to a high of 7.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 6.59 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)	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.6	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Marte

In seasonPeak

In February, Marte sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Marte sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in March.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Marte?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Marte. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Marte in February

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

In February, Marte sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Marte in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Marte peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very 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)	10	11	13	12	10	10	11	13	11	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	Very high

Air quality in Marte 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 Marte is worst in February — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 26 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)	104	109	104	77	49	41	28	26	33	78	81	99
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	104	Unhealthy
Feb	109	Unhealthy
Mar	104	Unhealthy
Apr	77	Unhealthy
May	49	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	78	Unhealthy
Nov	81	Unhealthy
Dec	99	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Marte?

Marte sits at 12.4°N, 13.8°E, 292 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Dikwa, 38 km away.

Topography around Marte

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marte has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5 m around an average of 287 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m.

The land around Marte is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (86%) within 16 km, and grassland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

5 m

grassland 73%

16 km

15 m

grassland 86%

80 km

35 m

grassland 77%

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

February weather nearby: Dikwa 38 km · Gamboru 41 km · Monguno 41 km · Kukawa 68 km · Blangwa 91 km · Maiduguri 93 km · Bama 95 km · Magumeri 113 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
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 Marte (12.3653°, 13.8293°, elevation 292 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	34	18
2	34	18
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	18
7	34	18
8	34	18
9	34	18
10	34	18
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	35	19
18	36	19
19	36	20
20	36	20
21	36	20
22	36	20
23	36	20
24	37	21
25	37	21
26	37	21
27	37	21
28	37	21

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

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

	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	34	18
2	34	18
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	18
7	34	18
8	34	18
9	34	18
10	34	18
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	35	19
18	36	19
19	36	20
20	36	20
21	36	20
22	36	20
23	36	20
24	37	21
25	37	21
26	37	21
27	37	21
28	37	21

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

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

	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	34	18
2	34	18
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	18
7	34	18
8	34	18
9	34	18
10	34	18
11	35	19
12	35	19
13	35	19
14	35	19
15	35	19
16	35	19
17	35	19
18	36	19
19	36	20
20	36	20
21	36	20
22	36	20
23	36	20
24	37	21
25	37	21
26	37	21
27	37	21
28	37	21

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

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

	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