Weather in Maceió in February

Shoulder season. February sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. Highs average 30.5 °C, lows 25.6 °C, and rain falls on 13 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

February ranks 7 of 12 in Maceió: past the worst of the year but short of October, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 13 days, 1 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 30.5 °C days and 25.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 20 days top 30 °C, making the heat continuous rather than occasional; the day barely swings — 4.9 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 33.6 °C and the coldest night fell to 23.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 33 mm — roughly 48% of the month's rain in one day.

February is moderately variable: 18 mm in the driest year against 143 mm in the wettest, around an average of 69 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 14.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How February sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 30.3 °C in January, 30.5 here, 30.7 in March. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in February

Maceió sits close enough to the equator that daylight barely moves all year — 12.4 hours in February, against a range of just 1.1 hours across the whole calendar. Sunrise and sunset land at roughly the same time whenever you come.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 28.3 °C in February — warm enough that the water offers no relief from the heat. The sea peaks at 28.7 °C in April and bottoms out at 26.2 °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 Maceió versus nearby

If Maceió is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Recife is the weaker option in February — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain. Salvador is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: February works, with October the better month by 14 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Maceió

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