Arcos de la Frontera weather in February

In February, Arcos de la Frontera sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 66 mm of rain across 7.1 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Arcos de la Frontera's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arcos de la Frontera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 66 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 8:20 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Arcos de la Frontera is capital of Arcos de la Frontera Municipality, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 25.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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 17°C through the month.

A typical February day in Arcos de la Frontera reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 20°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How February really feels in Arcos de la Frontera

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.

Arcos de la Frontera weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 7°	73	8.1	9.8	5.2
Feb	17° / 8°	66	7.1	10.6	5.8
Mar	19° / 10°	74	7.9	11.7	6.7
Apr	21° / 11°	61	7.7	12.9	7.0
May	25° / 14°	39	6	13.9	7.8
Jun	29° / 18°	9	1.7	14.5	6.9
Jul	33° / 20°	2	0.2	14.3	5.0
Aug	33° / 20°	4	0.7	13.4	4.9
Sep	29° / 18°	34	4.5	12.2	6.7
Oct	24° / 15°	84	8.3	11	7.3
Nov	19° / 11°	87	7.9	10	6.6
Dec	16° / 8°	104	8.2	9.5	5.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	60	59	59	57	57	56
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	40	41	41	43	43	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Arcos de la Frontera gets around 66 mm of rain over 7.1 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 26% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28

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

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 97% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:32 AM to 8:04 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:09 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:04
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	8:32	6:41
2	10.2	8:32	6:42
3	10.2	8:31	6:43
4	10.2	8:30	6:44
5	10.3	8:29	6:45
6	10.3	8:28	6:46
7	10.3	8:28	6:47
8	10.4	8:27	6:49
9	10.4	8:26	6:50
10	10.4	8:25	6:51
11	10.5	8:24	6:52
12	10.5	8:23	6:53
13	10.5	8:22	6:54
14	10.6	8:21	6:55
15	10.6	8:20	6:56
16	10.6	8:19	6:57
17	10.7	8:18	6:58
18	10.7	8:16	6:59
19	10.7	8:15	7:00
20	10.8	8:14	7:01
21	10.8	8:13	7:02
22	10.9	8:12	7:03
23	10.9	8:11	7:04
24	10.9	8:09	7:05
25	11.0	8:08	7:06
26	11.0	8:07	7:07
27	11.0	8:06	7:08
28	11.1	8:04	7:09

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.62 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)	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Arcos de la Frontera

In seasonPeak

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

Arcos de la Frontera's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Arcos de la Frontera?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Arcos de la Frontera for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arcos de la Frontera in February

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

In February, Arcos de la Frontera sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Arcos de la Frontera in February

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 50 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Oct 21 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	22	20	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Arcos de la Frontera 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 Arcos de la Frontera peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Arcos de la Frontera?

Arcos de la Frontera sits at 36.8°N, 5.8°W, 144 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Las Cabezas de San Juan, 28 km away.

Topography around Arcos de la Frontera

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Arcos de la Frontera.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arcos de la Frontera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 427 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,887 m.

The land around Arcos de la Frontera is covered by cropland (39%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) within 16 km, and cropland (28%), trees (23%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

cropland 39%

16 km

427 m

cropland 59%

80 km

1,887 m

cropland 28%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← January Arcos de la Frontera year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Las Cabezas de San Juan 28 km · Jerez de la Frontera 30 km · Lebrija 30 km · Ubrique 33 km · El Puerto de Santa María 42 km · Puerto Real 42 km · San Fernando 46 km · Los Palacios y Villafranca 47 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Arcos de la Frontera (36.7507°, -5.8106°, elevation 144 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	16	7
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	18	8
28	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	61	39
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3