Monção weather in February

In February, Monção sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 134 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Monção's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monção's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 134 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:39 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Monção is human settlement in Portugal.

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 13°C through the month.

A typical February day in Monção reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Monção weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	200	13.3	9.3	2.7
Feb	13° / 5°	134	10.5	10.3	3.4
Mar	15° / 6°	156	11.5	11.7	4.4
Apr	16° / 8°	155	14.6	13.1	4.6
May	19° / 10°	136	13.5	14.4	5.6
Jun	22° / 13°	62	8.4	15	7.0
Jul	24° / 15°	36	5.6	14.8	8.1
Aug	25° / 15°	48	5.9	13.7	8.1
Sep	22° / 13°	89	8.5	12.3	7.1
Oct	18° / 11°	211	13.4	10.8	5.5
Nov	14° / 7°	212	14.1	9.6	3.8
Dec	12° / 5°	206	13.3	9	3.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 57%.

	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 (%)	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42
Cloudier (%)	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Monção gets around 134 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 38% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	36	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	40

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 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:55 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:14 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)	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:55	5:40
2	9.8	7:54	5:41
3	9.8	7:53	5:42
4	9.9	7:52	5:44
5	9.9	7:51	5:45
6	9.9	7:50	5:46
7	10.0	7:49	5:47
8	10.0	7:48	5:49
9	10.1	7:47	5:50
10	10.1	7:46	5:51
11	10.1	7:44	5:53
12	10.2	7:43	5:54
13	10.2	7:42	5:55
14	10.3	7:41	5:56
15	10.3	7:39	5:58
16	10.3	7:38	5:59
17	10.4	7:37	6:00
18	10.4	7:35	6:01
19	10.5	7:34	6:03
20	10.5	7:33	6:04
21	10.6	7:31	6:05
22	10.6	7:30	6:07
23	10.7	7:28	6:08
24	10.7	7:27	6:09
25	10.7	7:25	6:10
26	10.8	7:24	6:11
27	10.8	7:22	6:13
28	10.9	7:21	6:14

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.75 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)	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Monção

In seasonPeak

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

Monção's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Monção?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monção.

What to pack for Monção in February

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

In February, Monção sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Monção in February

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 33 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	13	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	15	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	13	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Monção in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Monção peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	7	9	9	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Monção 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 Monção is worst in September — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 7 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)	10	12	15	12	8	8	9	14	19	17	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Monção?

Monção sits at 42.1°N, 8.5°W, 34 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Ponteareas, 11 km away.

Topography around Monção

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monção has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,517 m.

The land around Monção is covered by trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), grassland (28%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

164 m

trees 47%

16 km

948 m

trees 60%

80 km

1,517 m

trees 46%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Ponteareas 11 km · Tui 14 km · Porriño 15 km · Redondela 25 km · Vigo 26 km · Arcos de Valdevez 26 km · Nigrán 28 km · Moaña 31 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Monção (42.0789°, -8.4808°, elevation 34 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. 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	12	4
2	12	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	12	4
6	12	4
7	12	4
8	12	4
9	13	4
10	13	5
11	13	5
12	13	5
13	13	5
14	13	5
15	13	5
16	13	5
17	13	5
18	13	5
19	13	5
20	13	5
21	13	5
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	13	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	40

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	43	57
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	38
3	38
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	38
10	38
11	38
12	38
13	37
14	37
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	36
21	36
22	36
23	37
24	38
25	38
26	39
27	39
28	40

	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