Weather in Surat in February

A hard month. February is a hard month in Surat, and worth planning around. Daytime highs average 35.1 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

February ranks 5 of 12 in Surat: past the worst of the year but short of January, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain is not a factor worth planning around this month. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 15 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable; the day swings 17.4 °C from low to high, which means one bag has to cover both. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 41.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 44 mm — roughly 1467% of the month's rain in one day.

February is dependably dry, and that reliability is the point: across the twenty years measured, the wettest February on record still only managed 48 mm, and the driest managed 0 mm. There is no meaningful variability to plan around, which makes this one of the few months anywhere that you can build a fixed outdoor itinerary against without a fallback. The wettest single day in twenty years of Februarys brought 44 mm. Rain simply is not the variable that decides this trip — heat, crowds and cost are.

Wind is light at 7.3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and the air is dry at 37% humidity, which makes the heat far more bearable than the same figure somewhere humid — and dehydrates you faster than you expect.

How February sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 2.4 °C warmer than January, and March adds another 3.3 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in February

February sits at the dark end of Surat's year — 11.4 hours of daylight against 13.4 at midsummer, gaining 0.5 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 24.4 °C in February — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29.7 °C in June and bottoms out at 24.4 °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 Surat versus nearby

If Surat is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Nashik is a better bet in February — within a degree on temperature, the same number of rain days. Virār is a better bet in February — 8.7 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: February is a compromise. January is 26 points better and is what Surat is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Surat

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