Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest, France weather
in February.
A cool, moderately 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 cool month in Brest, France: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Helier (196 km away). In February its highs average 8.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Brest, France, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Brest, France ranks 18th of 57 for the warmest February highs and 54th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Brest, France is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 64 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
Brest, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 99 | 15.3 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 9.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 13.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 64 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 47 | 9.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 18.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 45 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 19.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 52 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 92 | 14.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 12.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 14.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 10.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 105 | 15.3 | 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
- Saint Helier in FebruaryJersey · 196 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Rennes in FebruaryFrance · 210 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Plymouth in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 222 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Nantes in FebruaryFrance · 255 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Exeter in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 269 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Angers in FebruaryFrance · 310 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Caen in FebruaryFrance · 315 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Poole in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 315 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 54 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 Brest) is explained once on the Brest, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.