Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the 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: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°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 (one of the driest months of the year). 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 Hills (10 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Adelaide, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide ranks 14th 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 is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 19 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 14.214 h |
| February, selected | 27.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 19 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| March | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 36 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 64 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 35 | 6.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 30 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 25.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 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 Hills in FebruaryAustralia · 10 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Bendigo in FebruaryAustralia · 551 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Ballarat in FebruaryAustralia · 555 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Geelong in FebruaryAustralia · 627 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Melbourne in FebruaryAustralia · 654 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 958 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 1235 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) is explained once on the Adelaide year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.