Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet 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 mild month in Hobart: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In February its highs average 22.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hobart, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Hobart is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 45 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February, selected | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in FebruaryAustralia · 161 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Geelong in FebruaryAustralia · 583 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Melbourne in FebruaryAustralia · 598 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Ballarat in FebruaryAustralia · 660 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Bendigo in FebruaryAustralia · 729 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Adelaide in FebruaryAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 1173 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.