Climate averages 1991–2020
Moncton weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Moncton: daytime highs average -2.5°C and nights cool to about -11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint John (134 km away). In February its highs average -1.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Moncton, with 96 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Moncton ranks joint 55th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 68th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Moncton is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 83 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Moncton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.5°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 93 | 11.4 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | -2.5°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 83 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 1.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 98 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 85 | 12.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 15.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 85 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 20.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 91 | 11.8 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 82 | 11.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 76 | 9.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 93 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 98 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 98 | 10.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | -0.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 112 | 12.2 | 8.79 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
- Saint John in FebruaryCanada · 134 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -9.1°C · 96 mm precipitation
- Dartmouth in FebruaryCanada · 185 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.7°C · 101 mm precipitation
- Halifax in FebruaryCanada · 187 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -7.0°C · 101 mm precipitation
- Sydney, Canada in FebruaryCanada · 356 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -7.9°C · 111 mm precipitation
- Québec in FebruaryCanada · 498 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -14.0°C · 69 mm precipitation
- Saguenay in FebruaryCanada · 539 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -17.1°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Sherbrooke in FebruaryCanada · 556 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Trois-Rivières in FebruaryCanada · 597 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -13.6°C · 61 mm precipitation
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 Moncton) is explained once on the Moncton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.