Climate averages 1991–2020
Prague weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Prague: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ústí nad Labem (69 km away). In February its highs average 4.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Prague, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Prague ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 3.9°C; Prague is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 43 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
Prague climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 37 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February, selected | 5.0°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 43 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 38 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 12.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 79 | 12.3 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 80 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 10.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 40 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.0°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 41 | 9.5 | 8.28 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
- Ústí nad Labem in FebruaryCzechia · 69 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Pilsen in FebruaryCzechia · 84 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Liberec in FebruaryCzechia · 88 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Pardubice in FebruaryCzechia · 97 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in FebruaryCzechia · 102 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Dresden in FebruaryGermany · 117 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 50 mm rain
- České Budějovice in FebruaryCzechia · 124 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in FebruaryPoland · 129 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.0°C · 51 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 Prague) is explained once on the Prague year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.