Climate averages 1991–2020
Mechelen 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 Mechelen: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 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 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Schaerbeek (19 km away). In February its highs average 7.2°C, about as warm as Mechelen, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Mechelen ranks joint 2nd of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 7.1°C; Mechelen is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 53 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
Mechelen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 61 | 11.6 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 7.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 55 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 53 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 45 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 11.7 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 52 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 11.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 70 | 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
- Schaerbeek in FebruaryBelgium · 19 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Brussels in FebruaryBelgium · 21 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Deurne in FebruaryBelgium · 22 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Antwerp in FebruaryBelgium · 22 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Leuven in FebruaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Ixelles in FebruaryBelgium · 23 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Anderlecht in FebruaryBelgium · 24 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Aalst in FebruaryBelgium · 33 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 55 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 Mechelen) is explained once on the Mechelen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.