Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In February its highs average 6.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 56 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 93 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
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February, selected | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 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
- Aberdeen in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Bergen in FebruaryNorway · 671 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 211 mm rain
- Glasgow in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Paisley in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Edinburgh in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 61 mm rain
- East Kilbride in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Stavanger in FebruaryNorway · 762 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 157 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 Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.