Where Is It Sunny in February? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in February for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Cape Town with 10.8 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in February

  • 1. Cape Town: 10.8 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 10 mm · 98
  • 2. Luxor: 9.9 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 0 mm · 96
  • 3. Marsa Alam: 9.3 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 1 mm · 91
  • 4. Aruba: 9.2 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 15 mm · 91
  • 5. Dubai: 8.9 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 10 mm · 90
  • 6. Abu Dhabi: 8.7 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 8 mm · 90
  • 7. Oman (Muscat): 8.7 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 7 mm · 90
  • 8. Sharm el-Sheikh: 9.0 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 2 mm · 89
  • 9. Cape Verde (Sal): 8.2 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 1 mm · 88
  • 10. Hurghada: 9.4 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 1 mm · 87
  • 11. Barbados: 8.8 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 43 mm · 87
  • 12. Aqaba: 9.1 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 5 mm · 86
  • 13. Jamaica: 8.5 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 42 mm · 86
  • 14. Maldives: 9.3 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 38 mm · 85
  • 15. Goa: 9.6 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 0 mm · 84
  • 16. Koh Samui: 7.9 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 38 mm · 83
  • 17. Punta Cana (Dominican Republic): 8.1 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 63 mm · 82
  • 18. Cuba (Havana): 7.1 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 29 mm · 81
  • 19. Hawaii (Honolulu): 7.4 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 49 mm · 80
  • 20. Cancún: 7.4 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 50 mm · 80
  • 21. Doha: 6.6 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 4 mm · 80
  • 22. Buenos Aires: 8.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 112 mm · 79
  • 23. Auckland (New Zealand): 7.7 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 63 mm · 78
  • 24. Miami (Florida): 7.0 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 55 mm · 78
  • 25. Sri Lanka (Colombo): 8.9 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 77 mm · 77
  • 26. Phuket: 9.1 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 32 mm · 76
  • 27. Agadir: 8.9 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 29 mm · 76
  • 28. Mombasa (Kenya): 8.4 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 15 mm · 76
  • 29. Tenerife: 7.8 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 19 mm · 76
  • 30. Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City): 8.5 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 6 mm · 74
  • 31. Lanzarote: 7.4 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 16 mm · 72
  • 32. Orlando (Florida): 6.5 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 52 mm · 72
  • 33. Sydney: 7.1 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 132 mm · 71
  • 34. Zanzibar: 8.0 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 51 mm · 70
  • 35. Rio de Janeiro: 7.3 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 151 mm · 70
  • 36. Bangkok: 7.6 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 21 mm · 69
  • 37. Marrakech: 8.0 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 26 mm · 68
  • 38. Mauritius: 7.2 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 263 mm · 68
  • 39. Costa Rica (Guanacaste): 9.0 h Sun/day, 36 °C, 2 mm · 67
  • 40. Cairo: 7.4 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 4 mm · 67
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in February? Among 108 popular destinations, Cape Town is best in February: 10.8 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 2.8 hours.
  • Where is it warm in February? 36 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in February. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.