Climate averages 1991–2020
Calais weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Calais: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dunkirk (38 km away). In February its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Calais, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Calais ranks joint 47th of 57 for the warmest February highs and 46th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Calais is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 51 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
Calais climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 79 | 14.3 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 7.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.9°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 51 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 45 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 51 | 9.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 18.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 49 | 8.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 51 | 9.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 65 | 10.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 68 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 96 | 14.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 101 | 16.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 94 | 15.0 | 8.08 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
- Dunkirk in FebruaryFrance · 38 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Saint Peters in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 55 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 90 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Lille in FebruaryFrance · 91 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Roubaix in FebruaryFrance · 97 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Brugge in FebruaryBelgium · 100 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kortrijk in FebruaryBelgium · 100 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Maidstone in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 100 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 47 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 Calais) is explained once on the Calais year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.