Platería Weather in February
Platería in February
The short of it: Platería in February averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 189 mm (7.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 38 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 189 mm · daylight 12 h 38 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
February in Platería brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 6°, with about 189 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Platería: highs scarcely reach 16°, nights fall to 6°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 189 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 38 min in mid-February, 20 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Platería runs warmer than most and drier than most in February. Caritamaya, 11 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
February in Platería, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 25 mm more rain
- Versus March
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 38 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaritamayaPuno | 11 km SE | 16° | 5° | 199 mm |
| ChullunePuno | 22 km NW | 16° | 6° | 157 mm |
| IlavePuno | 23 km SE | 16° | 6° | 208 mm |
| PunoPuno | 24 km WNW | 16° | 5° | 169 mm |
| TaquilePuno | 26 km NE | 15° | 7° | 196 mm |
| ChijichayaPuno | 29 km SSE | 16° | 6° | 198 mm |
| PaucarcollaPuno | 33 km NW | 17° | 5° | 145 mm |
| CapachicaPuno | 34 km N | 16° | 6° | 171 mm |