Climate averages 1991–2020
Leuven weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Leuven: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mechelen (23 km away). In February its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Leuven, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Leuven ranks joint 9th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 7.1°C; Leuven is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 10.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 55 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
Leuven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 62 | 11.7 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 7.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 56 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 55 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 46 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 59 | 12.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 11.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 12.5 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 73 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 53 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 11.6 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 72 | 12.9 | 8.08 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
- Mechelen in FebruaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Schaerbeek in FebruaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Ixelles in FebruaryBelgium · 24 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Brussels in FebruaryBelgium · 25 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Anderlecht in FebruaryBelgium · 28 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Deurne in FebruaryBelgium · 41 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Antwerp in FebruaryBelgium · 43 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Hasselt in FebruaryBelgium · 45 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 60 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 Leuven) is explained once on the Leuven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.