Weather in Cartagena in February

Prime time. February is about as good as Cartagena gets. Highs average 16.8 °C, lows 9.7 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

Cartagena barely has seasons. February scores 83 out of 100 against a best of 95 in May — a gap small enough that the month you choose matters far less here than the week you choose.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 16.8 °C days and 9.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

The averages here are honest — no hidden extremes worth planning around. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 23.8 °C and the coldest night fell to 2.6 °C.

February is moderately variable: 0 mm in the driest year against 46 mm in the wettest, around an average of 18 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 12.7 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 71%.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 16.4 °C in January, 16.8 here, 18.6 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in February

10.8 hours of daylight, gaining 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Cartagena's extremes of 14.7 and 9.6 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 14.7 °C in February — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 25.7 °C in August and bottoms out at 14.7 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Cartagena versus nearby

If Cartagena is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Murcia is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days. Valencia is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: February works, with May the better month by 12 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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