El Marsa weather in February

In February, El Marsa sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is El Marsa's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Marsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 7:37 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 7th clearest
Wind: 22 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

El Marsa is port city in Western Sahara.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical February day in El Marsa reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

El Marsa weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 14°	7	1.4	10.5	8.1
Feb	21° / 15°	7	1.4	11	8.2
Mar	21° / 16°	6	1	11.8	8.4
Apr	21° / 16°	1	0.2	12.6	8.5
May	22° / 17°	0	0.1	13.3	8.7
Jun	23° / 19°	0	0	13.7	9.2
Jul	24° / 20°	0	0	13.5	9.5
Aug	25° / 20°	0	0	13	9.3
Sep	25° / 20°	3	0.5	12.2	9.1
Oct	25° / 19°	6	1	11.4	8.9
Nov	23° / 17°	6	1.1	10.7	8.7
Dec	21° / 15°	9	1.4	10.3	8.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86
Cloudier (%)	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

El Marsa gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.4 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 5% and peaks near 6% 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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4

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

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 71% 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 (%)	79	78	78	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	71	71	70	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	65	64
Comfortable (%)	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	79	18	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	77	20	3
5	76	21	3
6	76	21	3
7	75	22	3
8	74	23	3
9	74	24	2
10	73	25	2
11	72	26	2
12	71	27	2
13	71	27	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	68	30	2
17	68	30	2
18	67	31	2
19	67	31	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	32	2
24	66	32	2
25	66	32	2
26	66	32	2
27	65	33	2
28	64	33	3

Wind in February

Winds average 22 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of February to 11 h 24 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 7:45 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:48 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)	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	7:45	6:29
2	10.8	7:45	6:30
3	10.8	7:44	6:31
4	10.8	7:44	6:32
5	10.8	7:43	6:32
6	10.8	7:43	6:33
7	10.9	7:42	6:34
8	10.9	7:42	6:35
9	10.9	7:41	6:35
10	10.9	7:40	6:36
11	11.0	7:40	6:37
12	11.0	7:39	6:37
13	11.0	7:38	6:38
14	11.0	7:38	6:39
15	11.0	7:37	6:40
16	11.1	7:36	6:40
17	11.1	7:35	6:41
18	11.1	7:35	6:42
19	11.1	7:34	6:42
20	11.2	7:33	6:43
21	11.2	7:32	6:44
22	11.2	7:31	6:44
23	11.2	7:30	6:45
24	11.3	7:30	6:46
25	11.3	7:29	6:46
26	11.3	7:28	6:47
27	11.3	7:27	6:48
28	11.4	7:26	6:48

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.96 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	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	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for El Marsa

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit El Marsa?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit El Marsa for general sightseeing.

What to pack for El Marsa in February

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

In February, El Marsa sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near El Marsa in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 October at about 21°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 4 to Nov 19 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	17	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	19
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	20	Cool
Jul	20	Cool
Aug	20	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in El Marsa 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 El Marsa peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (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)	5	6	9	9	10	11	11	11	9	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in El Marsa 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 El Marsa is worst in December — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (June, 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)	25	26	14	10	8	7	11	12	9	12	12	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is El Marsa?

El Marsa sits at 27.1°N, 13.4°W, 4 m above sea level, in Western Sahara. The nearest listed city is Laayoune, 23 km away.

Topography around El Marsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Marsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m.

The land around El Marsa is covered by bare terrain (50%) and water (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and water (48%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (68%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

bare terrain 50%

16 km

74 m

bare terrain 51%

80 km

264 m

bare terrain 68%

artificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Laayoune 23 km · Boujdour 151 km · Pájara 155 km · Puerto del Rosario 162 km · La Oliva 176 km · Smara 177 km · Puerto del Carmen 205 km · Arrecife 208 km

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for El Marsa (27.0961°, -13.4158°, elevation 4 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	20	14
2	20	14
3	20	14
4	20	14
5	20	14
6	20	14
7	20	14
8	20	14
9	20	14
10	21	14
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	15
17	21	15
18	21	15
19	21	15
20	21	15
21	21	15
22	21	15
23	21	15
24	21	15
25	21	15
26	21	15
27	21	15
28	21	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	79	18	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	77	20	3
5	76	21	3
6	76	21	3
7	75	22	3
8	74	23	3
9	74	24	2
10	73	25	2
11	72	26	2
12	71	27	2
13	71	27	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	68	30	2
17	68	30	2
18	67	31	2
19	67	31	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	32	2
24	66	32	2
25	66	32	2
26	66	32	2
27	65	33	2
28	64	33	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	79	18	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	77	20	3
5	76	21	3
6	76	21	3
7	75	22	3
8	74	23	3
9	74	24	2
10	73	25	2
11	72	26	2
12	71	27	2
13	71	27	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	68	30	2
17	68	30	2
18	67	31	2
19	67	31	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	32	2
24	66	32	2
25	66	32	2
26	66	32	2
27	65	33	2
28	64	33	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	80	20
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	79	18	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	77	20	3
5	76	21	3
6	76	21	3
7	75	22	3
8	74	23	3
9	74	24	2
10	73	25	2
11	72	26	2
12	71	27	2
13	71	27	2
14	70	28	2
15	69	29	2
16	68	30	2
17	68	30	2
18	67	31	2
19	67	31	2
20	67	31	2
21	67	31	2
22	67	31	2
23	66	32	2
24	66	32	2
25	66	32	2
26	66	32	2
27	65	33	2
28	64	33	3