Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanaimo weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Nanaimo: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vancouver (60 km away). In February its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Nanaimo, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Nanaimo ranks joint 6th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 78th of 86 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Nanaimo is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 8.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 178 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
Nanaimo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 253 | 18.5 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | 6.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 150 | 14.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 178 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 123 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 85 | 12.1 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 69 | 10.6 | 16.116 h |
| July | 22.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 43 | 7.3 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 54 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 86 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 177 | 15.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 264 | 18.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 247 | 18.6 | 8.38 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
- Vancouver in FebruaryCanada · 60 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 191 mm rain
- Delta in FebruaryCanada · 65 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- North Vancouver in FebruaryCanada · 65 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Burnaby in FebruaryCanada · 73 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 191 mm rain
- New Westminster in FebruaryCanada · 75 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Surrey in FebruaryCanada · 81 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Coquitlam in FebruaryCanada · 85 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Victoria in FebruaryCanada · 92 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 86 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 Nanaimo) is explained once on the Nanaimo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.