Climate averages 1991–2020
Blue Mountains weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Blue Mountains: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (83 km away). In February its highs average 25.0°C, 2.8°C warmer than Blue Mountains, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Blue Mountains ranks 31st of 32 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Blue Mountains is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 115 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
Blue Mountains climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 126 | 15.5 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 148 | 15.4 | 13.313 h |
| March | 19.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 115 | 15.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 13.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| June | 10.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| July | 9.9°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 37 | 6.3 | 10.110 h |
| August | 11.5°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 46 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 15.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 18.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 109 | 13.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 121 | 13.5 | 14.314 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
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 83 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Wollongong in FebruaryAustralia · 95 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 101 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 158 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 160 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 206 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 222 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 462 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 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 Blue Mountains) is explained once on the Blue Mountains year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.