Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In February its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Nicosia, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is 15.8°C; Nicosia is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 36 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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 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
- Larnaca in FebruaryCyprus · 37 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Limassol in FebruaryCyprus · 62 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Silifke in FebruaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Alanya in FebruaryTurkey · 195 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Mersin in FebruaryTurkey · 216 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Karaman in FebruaryTurkey · 224 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Latakia in FebruarySyria · 225 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in FebruarySyria · 233 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 120 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.