Climate averages 1991–2020

Kitchener weather
in February.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high -1.3°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -10.9°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 55 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kitchener · average highYear overview

February is a freezing month in Kitchener: daytime highs average -1.3°C and nights cool to about -10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 55 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Waterloo (5 km away). In February its highs average -1.4°C, about as warm as Kitchener, with 55 mm of precipitation.

Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kitchener ranks 46th of 86 for the warmest February highs and joint 36th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Kitchener is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 4.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 55 mm to 63 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Kitchener climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kitchener, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -2.3°C-10.5°C-10.5°C6811.59.49 h
February, selected -1.3°C-10.9°C-10.9°C559.210.510 h
March 4.1°C-5.8°C-5.8°C6310.011.912 h
April 11.2°C0.7°C0.7°C8611.813.413 h
May 18.3°C7.5°C7.5°C8811.614.715 h
June 23.3°C13.3°C13.3°C9411.415.415 h
July 25.4°C15.8°C15.8°C8511.015.115 h
August 24.4°C15.2°C15.2°C769.914.014 h
September 20.7°C11.6°C11.6°C799.512.513 h
October 13.5°C5.5°C5.5°C8011.311.111 h
November 6.4°C-0.5°C-0.5°C7411.29.710 h
December 0.7°C-5.9°C-5.9°C6511.59.09 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Kitchener

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 Kitchener) is explained once on the Kitchener year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Waterloo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.