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Santa Fe in February

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Santa Fe is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 22°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Santa Fe is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
22°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 20% of days
Daylight
10h 50mon average

Is February a good time to visit Santa Fe?

February sits outside Santa Fe's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 47°F in February, against 44°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in February, against 7°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

20% of days in February, against 15% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in February, against 28% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

10h 50m in February, against 9h 47m to 14h 32m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January44°7°low 19°low -7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February47°8°low 22°low -6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. March55°13°low 28°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Santa Fe sits, in February

America/Denver
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:52 AMsets 5:44 PM
Above the sea
2,134 mhigh country
Latitude
35.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taos Ski Valley110 km north-east

The land around Santa Fe, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Santa Fe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santa Fe. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.