Arima weather in February

In February, Arima sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 38 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Arima's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arima's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:30 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical February day in Arima reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 27°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How February really feels in Arima

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.

Arima weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-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	26° / 24°	70	17.3	11.4	5.9
Feb	26° / 24°	38	12.1	11.6	6.4
Mar	27° / 24°	32	9.1	11.9	6.8
Apr	27° / 25°	35	8.6	12.2	6.5
May	28° / 25°	67	14	12.5	5.7
Jun	27° / 25°	141	22.9	12.6	4.5
Jul	27° / 25°	160	26.7	12.6	4.1
Aug	28° / 25°	164	26.8	12.4	3.9
Sep	28° / 26°	127	22.6	12.1	4.0
Oct	28° / 25°	145	24.1	11.8	4.1
Nov	27° / 25°	166	24.7	11.5	4.2
Dec	27° / 25°	117	21.7	11.4	5.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. 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 (%)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	79	79	79	79	77	77	77	76	75	74	74	73	73	72	71	71	70	70
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Arima gets around 38 mm of rain over 12.1 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 44% and peaks near 46% 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 (%)	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Muggy (%)	34	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36
Oppressive (%)	65	64	65	65	65	66	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	63	63

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	34	65
2	1	35	64
3	1	34	65
4	1	34	65
5	1	34	65
6	0	34	66
7	0	33	67
8	0	33	67
9	0	33	67
10	0	32	68
11	0	33	67
12	0	33	67
13	0	33	67
14	0	34	66
15	0	34	66
16	0	35	65
17	0	35	65
18	0	35	65
19	0	36	64
20	0	36	64
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	0	37	63
26	0	36	64
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63

Wind in February

Winds average 24 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:12 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	11.6	11.6	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	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25
Sunset (PM)	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	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:32	6:05
2	11.5	6:32	6:05
3	11.6	6:32	6:06
4	11.6	6:32	6:06
5	11.6	6:32	6:06
6	11.6	6:32	6:07
7	11.6	6:32	6:07
8	11.6	6:32	6:07
9	11.6	6:32	6:08
10	11.6	6:31	6:08
11	11.6	6:31	6:08
12	11.6	6:31	6:08
13	11.6	6:31	6:09
14	11.6	6:30	6:09
15	11.7	6:30	6:09
16	11.7	6:30	6:09
17	11.7	6:30	6:10
18	11.7	6:29	6:10
19	11.7	6:29	6:10
20	11.7	6:29	6:10
21	11.7	6:28	6:11
22	11.7	6:28	6:11
23	11.7	6:28	6:11
24	11.7	6:27	6:11
25	11.7	6:27	6:11
26	11.8	6:26	6:11
27	11.8	6:26	6:11
28	11.8	6:25	6:12

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 5.81 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Arima?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Arima for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Arima in February

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

In February, Arima sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Arima in February

The nearest coast averages about 27°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 28 km away) is warmest in September at about 29°C and coldest in February near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	27
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	27	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	27	Warm
Apr	27	Warm
May	27	Warm
Jun	28	Warm
Jul	28	Tropical
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	29	Tropical
Oct	29	Tropical
Nov	28	Tropical
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Arima in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arima peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (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)	11	13	15	14	13	11	11	11	13	12	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Arima 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 Arima is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 14 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)	15	18	19	23	26	31	24	18	15	17	14	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Arima?

Arima sits at 10.6°N, 61.3°W, 62 m above sea level, in Trinidad and Tobago. The nearest listed city is Paradise, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Arima

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arima has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 940 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Arima is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and water (72%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

343 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

940 m

trees 70%

80 km

961 m

water 72%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Paradise 9.0 km · Tunapuna 12 km · Sangre Grande 18 km · Chaguanas 20 km · Laventille 24 km · Port of Spain 26 km · Diego Martin 32 km · Rio Claro 39 km

Trinidad and Tobago travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 115 / 230 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,967; 2025
Happiness: 5.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 40.4; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Arima (10.6374°, -61.2823°, elevation 62 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	26	24
2	26	24
3	26	24
4	26	24
5	26	24
6	26	24
7	26	24
8	26	24
9	26	24
10	26	24
11	26	24
12	26	24
13	26	24
14	26	24
15	26	24
16	26	24
17	26	24
18	26	24
19	26	24
20	26	24
21	26	24
22	26	24
23	26	24
24	26	24
25	26	24
26	26	24
27	26	24
28	26	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	34	65
2	1	35	64
3	1	34	65
4	1	34	65
5	1	34	65
6	0	34	66
7	0	33	67
8	0	33	67
9	0	33	67
10	0	32	68
11	0	33	67
12	0	33	67
13	0	33	67
14	0	34	66
15	0	34	66
16	0	35	65
17	0	35	65
18	0	35	65
19	0	36	64
20	0	36	64
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	0	37	63
26	0	36	64
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	34	65
2	1	35	64
3	1	34	65
4	1	34	65
5	1	34	65
6	0	34	66
7	0	33	67
8	0	33	67
9	0	33	67
10	0	32	68
11	0	33	67
12	0	33	67
13	0	33	67
14	0	34	66
15	0	34	66
16	0	35	65
17	0	35	65
18	0	35	65
19	0	36	64
20	0	36	64
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	0	37	63
26	0	36	64
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	76	24
19	75	25
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	72	28
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	70	30
28	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	44
10	44
11	45
12	45
13	45
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	45
20	45
21	44
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	41
26	40
27	39
28	38

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	34	65
2	1	35	64
3	1	34	65
4	1	34	65
5	1	34	65
6	0	34	66
7	0	33	67
8	0	33	67
9	0	33	67
10	0	32	68
11	0	33	67
12	0	33	67
13	0	33	67
14	0	34	66
15	0	34	66
16	0	35	65
17	0	35	65
18	0	35	65
19	0	36	64
20	0	36	64
21	0	37	63
22	0	37	63
23	0	37	63
24	0	37	63
25	0	37	63
26	0	36	64
27	1	36	63
28	1	36	63