Climate averages 1991–2020
Victoria weather
in February.
A cold, moderately 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 Victoria: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bellingham (73 km away). In February its highs average 7.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Victoria, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Victoria ranks joint 3rd of 86 for the warmest February highs and 69th of 86 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Victoria is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 89 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
Victoria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 146 | 16.6 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 7.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 89 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 53 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 14.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 16.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 19.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 14 | 3.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 22 | 3.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 39 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 153 | 16.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 138 | 16.2 | 8.48 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
- Bellingham in FebruaryUnited States · 73 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Delta in FebruaryCanada · 76 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Surrey in FebruaryCanada · 84 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Langley in FebruaryCanada · 90 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 139 mm rain
- New Westminster in FebruaryCanada · 92 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Nanaimo in FebruaryCanada · 92 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Vancouver in FebruaryCanada · 92 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 191 mm rain
- Burnaby in FebruaryCanada · 97 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 191 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 Victoria) is explained once on the Victoria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.