Arrecife weather in February

In February, Arrecife sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Arrecife's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arrecife's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:40 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 7th clearest
Wind: 26 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Arrecife is capital town of the municipality of Arrecife, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6.5 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 18°C through the month.

A typical February day in Arrecife reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Arrecife weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 17°	12	2.3	10.4	7.1
Feb	18° / 16°	12	2.5	11	6.9
Mar	18° / 17°	9	1.8	11.8	7.2
Apr	18° / 17°	3	0.8	12.7	7.5
May	19° / 18°	1	0.3	13.4	7.7
Jun	20° / 19°	0	0.1	13.8	8.1
Jul	21° / 21°	0	0	13.7	8.5
Aug	22° / 21°	0	0	13	8.8
Sep	23° / 22°	3	0.4	12.2	8.7
Oct	22° / 21°	11	1.8	11.3	8.3
Nov	21° / 20°	12	2.2	10.6	7.7
Dec	19° / 18°	19	2.8	10.2	7.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. 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 (%)	65	65	65	65	65	66	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	69	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	73	72	72
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	35	35	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Arrecife gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.5 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 9% and peaks near 10% 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 (%)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7

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

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 58% 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 (%)	67	67	66	65	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	52
Comfortable (%)	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41
Humid (%)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	29	4
2	67	29	4
3	66	30	4
4	65	31	4
5	63	32	5
6	62	33	5
7	61	34	5
8	60	35	5
9	59	36	5
10	58	37	5
11	57	38	5
12	57	38	5
13	56	39	5
14	55	40	5
15	55	40	5
16	54	41	5
17	54	41	5
18	54	41	5
19	54	41	5
20	54	41	5
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	55	40	5
24	55	40	5
25	54	40	6
26	54	40	6
27	54	40	6
28	52	41	7

Wind in February

Winds average 26 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 27 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)	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	25	breezy
2	25	breezy
3	25	breezy
4	25	breezy
5	25	breezy
6	26	breezy
7	26	breezy
8	26	breezy
9	26	breezy
10	26	breezy
11	26	breezy
12	26	breezy
13	26	breezy
14	26	breezy
15	26	breezy
16	26	breezy
17	26	breezy
18	26	breezy
19	26	breezy
20	26	breezy
21	26	breezy
22	27	breezy
23	27	breezy
24	27	breezy
25	27	breezy
26	27	breezy
27	27	breezy
28	27	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 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 7:49 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:47 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)	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:49	6:27
2	10.7	7:48	6:27
3	10.7	7:48	6:28
4	10.7	7:47	6:29
5	10.7	7:47	6:30
6	10.7	7:46	6:31
7	10.8	7:45	6:32
8	10.8	7:45	6:32
9	10.8	7:44	6:33
10	10.8	7:43	6:34
11	10.9	7:43	6:35
12	10.9	7:42	6:35
13	10.9	7:41	6:36
14	10.9	7:41	6:37
15	11.0	7:40	6:38
16	11.0	7:39	6:39
17	11.0	7:38	6:39
18	11.0	7:37	6:40
19	11.1	7:36	6:41
20	11.1	7:36	6:42
21	11.1	7:35	6:42
22	11.2	7:34	6:43
23	11.2	7:33	6:44
24	11.2	7:32	6:44
25	11.2	7:31	6:45
26	11.3	7:30	6:46
27	11.3	7:29	6:46
28	11.3	7:28	6:47

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.52 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)	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Moderate	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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Arrecife

In seasonPeak

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

Arrecife sees seasonal dust haze (July–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Arrecife?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Arrecife for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arrecife in February

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

In February, Arrecife sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Arrecife in February

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 23°C and coldest in March near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Dec 16 — about 6.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	21	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	19	Cool
May	20	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Arrecife in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arrecife peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (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	6	9	10	9	10	11	10	8	8	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Arrecife?

Arrecife sits at 29.0°N, 13.5°W, 20 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is San Bartolomé, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Arrecife

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arrecife has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 596 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m.

The land around Arrecife is covered by water (49%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (56%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and water (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

water 49%

16 km

596 m

water 56%

80 km

670 m

water 84%

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

February weather nearby: San Bartolomé 8.0 km · Tías 9.0 km · Teguise 11 km · Puerto del Carmen 12 km · Yaiza 21 km · La Oliva 54 km · Puerto del Rosario 60 km · Pájara 87 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 Arrecife (28.963°, -13.5477°, elevation 20 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	18	16
2	18	16
3	18	16
4	18	16
5	18	16
6	18	16
7	18	16
8	18	16
9	18	16
10	18	16
11	18	16
12	18	16
13	18	16
14	18	16
15	18	16
16	18	16
17	18	16
18	18	16
19	18	16
20	18	16
21	18	16
22	18	16
23	18	16
24	18	16
25	18	16
26	18	16
27	18	16
28	18	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	29	4
2	67	29	4
3	66	30	4
4	65	31	4
5	63	32	5
6	62	33	5
7	61	34	5
8	60	35	5
9	59	36	5
10	58	37	5
11	57	38	5
12	57	38	5
13	56	39	5
14	55	40	5
15	55	40	5
16	54	41	5
17	54	41	5
18	54	41	5
19	54	41	5
20	54	41	5
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	55	40	5
24	55	40	5
25	54	40	6
26	54	40	6
27	54	40	6
28	52	41	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	29	4
2	67	29	4
3	66	30	4
4	65	31	4
5	63	32	5
6	62	33	5
7	61	34	5
8	60	35	5
9	59	36	5
10	58	37	5
11	57	38	5
12	57	38	5
13	56	39	5
14	55	40	5
15	55	40	5
16	54	41	5
17	54	41	5
18	54	41	5
19	54	41	5
20	54	41	5
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	55	40	5
24	55	40	5
25	54	40	6
26	54	40	6
27	54	40	6
28	52	41	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	66	34
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	69	31
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	29	4
2	67	29	4
3	66	30	4
4	65	31	4
5	63	32	5
6	62	33	5
7	61	34	5
8	60	35	5
9	59	36	5
10	58	37	5
11	57	38	5
12	57	38	5
13	56	39	5
14	55	40	5
15	55	40	5
16	54	41	5
17	54	41	5
18	54	41	5
19	54	41	5
20	54	41	5
21	55	40	5
22	55	40	5
23	55	40	5
24	55	40	5
25	54	40	6
26	54	40	6
27	54	40	6
28	52	41	7