Climate averages 1991–2020
Rijeka weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rijeka: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Trieste (63 km away). In February its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Rijeka, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Croatia, Rijeka ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 8.3°C; Rijeka is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 123 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
Rijeka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 122 | 11.5 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 128 | 10.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 123 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 114 | 13.0 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 120 | 13.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 94 | 12.0 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 10.0 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 177 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 208 | 13.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 223 | 14.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 169 | 12.2 | 8.89 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
- Trieste in FebruaryItaly · 63 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Ljubljana in FebruarySlovenia · 81 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Udine in FebruaryItaly · 125 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Bihać in FebruaryBosnia and Herzegovina · 126 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Zagreb in FebruaryCroatia · 131 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in FebruaryAustria · 145 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Maribor in FebruarySlovenia · 165 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Mestre in FebruaryItaly · 172 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 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 Rijeka) is explained once on the Rijeka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.