Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Caen: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In February its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Caen, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks 23rd of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Caen is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 54 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in FebruaryFrance · 48 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Rouen in FebruaryFrance · 110 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Saint Helier in FebruaryJersey · 127 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Le Mans in FebruaryFrance · 138 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Rennes in FebruaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in FebruaryFrance · 178 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in FebruaryFrance · 180 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Worthing in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 62 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.