Vista weather in February

In February, Vista sees average daytime highs of 64°F and overnight lows near 48°F, with 3.6 in of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 64°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Vista's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vista's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 64°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 48°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 3.6 in; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:40 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Vista is city in San Diego County, California, United States.

Density: 2,086/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1963

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 64°F through the month.

A typical February day in Vista reaches about 64°F in the afternoon and slips back to 48°F overnight — a 16°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 56°F and 74°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°F 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 (°F)	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Avg low (°F)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	65	47
2	65	47
3	65	47
4	65	47
5	65	47
6	64	47
7	64	47
8	64	48
9	64	48
10	64	48
11	64	48
12	64	48
13	64	48
14	64	48
15	64	48
16	64	48
17	64	48
18	64	48
19	64	48
20	64	48
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	64	48
25	64	48
26	64	49
27	64	49
28	64	49

Vista weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	64° / 47°	2.9	5.8	10.1	6.7
Feb	64° / 48°	3.6	6.8	10.8	6.4
Mar	65° / 50°	2.2	6.2	11.7	6.8
Apr	68° / 53°	1.1	4.1	12.8	7.5
May	71° / 56°	0.5	2.1	13.7	8.1
Jun	75° / 60°	0.1	0.5	14.2	9.1
Jul	80° / 65°	0.1	0.4	14	8.8
Aug	82° / 66°	0.0	0.2	13.2	8.5
Sep	81° / 64°	0.1	0.7	12.2	8.6
Oct	76° / 59°	0.7	2.6	11.2	8.7
Nov	70° / 52°	1.1	3.5	10.3	7.9
Dec	64° / 47°	2.1	5.1	9.8	6.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. 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 (%)	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	59	58	57	57	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	42	43	43	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Vista gets around 3.6 in of rain over 6.8 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 24% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	26

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

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	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	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	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
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 4 mph in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph 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 (mph)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
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 (mph)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:38 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:51	5:14
2	10.4	6:50	5:15
3	10.4	6:50	5:16
4	10.5	6:49	5:17
5	10.5	6:48	5:18
6	10.5	6:48	5:19
7	10.5	6:47	5:19
8	10.6	6:46	5:20
9	10.6	6:45	5:21
10	10.6	6:45	5:22
11	10.7	6:44	5:23
12	10.7	6:43	5:24
13	10.7	6:42	5:25
14	10.7	6:41	5:26
15	10.8	6:40	5:27
16	10.8	6:39	5:28
17	10.8	6:38	5:29
18	10.9	6:37	5:30
19	10.9	6:36	5:30
20	10.9	6:35	5:31
21	11.0	6:34	5:32
22	11.0	6:33	5:33
23	11.0	6:32	5:34
24	11.1	6:31	5:35
25	11.1	6:30	5:36
26	11.1	6:29	5:37
27	11.2	6:28	5:37
28	11.2	6:27	5:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.08 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.1 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)	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Vista?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Vista for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vista in February

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

In February, Vista sees daytime highs around 64°F and nights near 48°F. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 7 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Vista in February

The nearest coast averages about 59°F 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 9 mi away) is warmest in August at about 71°F and coldest in January near 59°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 5 to Oct 7 — about 3.1 months when the water holds above 68°F.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°F)	59	59	60	61	64	66	69	71	70	67	64	61
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	59	Cool
Feb	59	Cool
Mar	60	Cool
Apr	61	Cool
May	64	Cool
Jun	66	Cool
Jul	69	Refreshing
Aug	71	Refreshing
Sep	70	Refreshing
Oct	67	Cool
Nov	64	Cool
Dec	61	Cool

UV index in Vista in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vista peaks around July 11 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 — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	5	8	8	11	11	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Vista 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 Vista is worst in September — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (May, 8 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)	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	15	26	14	12	16
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	12	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Vista?

Vista sits at 33.2°N, 117.2°W, 328 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is San Marcos, 5.6 mi away.

Topography around Vista

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Vista.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Vista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 ft around an average of 433 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,831 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,956 ft.

The land around Vista is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and trees (24%) within 2 miles, trees (30%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (20%) within 10 miles, and water (26%) and shrubs (25%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

512 ft

artificial surfaces 68%

10 miles

1,831 ft

trees 30%

50 miles

7,956 ft

water 26%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: San Marcos 5.6 mi · Carlsbad 6.8 mi · Oceanside 8.1 mi · Escondido 11 mi · Encinitas 12 mi · Fallbrook 12 mi · Rancho Penasquitos 18 mi · Poway 21 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; 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 Vista (33.2°, -117.2425°, elevation 328 ft), 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	65	47
2	65	47
3	65	47
4	65	47
5	65	47
6	64	47
7	64	47
8	64	48
9	64	48
10	64	48
11	64	48
12	64	48
13	64	48
14	64	48
15	64	48
16	64	48
17	64	48
18	64	48
19	64	48
20	64	48
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	64	48
25	64	48
26	64	49
27	64	49
28	64	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	65	47
2	65	47
3	65	47
4	65	47
5	65	47
6	64	47
7	64	47
8	64	48
9	64	48
10	64	48
11	64	48
12	64	48
13	64	48
14	64	48
15	64	48
16	64	48
17	64	48
18	64	48
19	64	48
20	64	48
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	64	48
25	64	48
26	64	49
27	64	49
28	64	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	65	47
2	65	47
3	65	47
4	65	47
5	65	47
6	64	47
7	64	47
8	64	48
9	64	48
10	64	48
11	64	48
12	64	48
13	64	48
14	64	48
15	64	48
16	64	48
17	64	48
18	64	48
19	64	48
20	64	48
21	64	48
22	64	48
23	64	48
24	64	48
25	64	48
26	64	49
27	64	49
28	64	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
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