Climate averages 1991–2020

Perth weather
in February.

A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.2°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 16 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Perth: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandurah (65 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Perth, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Perth ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Perth is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Perth climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Perth, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	31.2°C18.8°C	18.8°C	17	1.8	14.014 h
February, selected	31.2°C19.2°C	19.2°C	16	1.5	13.213 h
March	28.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	17	2.3	12.312 h
April	24.8°C15.3°C	15.3°C	24	4.1	11.311 h
May	20.9°C12.4°C	12.4°C	67	7.8	10.511 h
June	17.9°C10.5°C	10.5°C	98	10.7	10.110 h
July	16.7°C9.5°C	9.5°C	102	12.5	10.310 h
August	17.2°C9.6°C	9.6°C	89	11.0	11.011 h
September	18.5°C10.4°C	10.4°C	55	8.5	11.912 h
October	22.0°C12.2°C	12.2°C	27	4.7	12.913 h
November	25.7°C14.9°C	14.9°C	19	3.7	13.714 h
December	29.0°C17.1°C	17.1°C	9.3	1.6	14.214 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

Distance from Perth

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Perth) is explained once on the Perth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.