Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide Hills weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Adelaide Hills: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adelaide (10 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Adelaide Hills, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide Hills ranks 19th of 32 for the warmest February highs and joint 4th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Adelaide Hills is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adelaide Hills climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 21 | 3.5 | 14.214 h |
| February, selected | 26.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 19 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 12.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 51 | 9.2 | 9.810 h |
| July | 11.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 56 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 12.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 56 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 55 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 34 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 28 | 5.4 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Adelaide in FebruaryAustralia · 10 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Bendigo in FebruaryAustralia · 543 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Ballarat in FebruaryAustralia · 547 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Geelong in FebruaryAustralia · 620 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Melbourne in FebruaryAustralia · 646 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 949 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 1152 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 1225 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adelaide Hills) is explained once on the Adelaide Hills year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.