Climate averages 1991–2020
Dunkirk weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Dunkirk: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Calais (38 km away). In February its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Dunkirk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dunkirk ranks joint 47th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 8th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Dunkirk is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 48 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
Dunkirk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.5 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 7.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 48 | 10.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.4 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 57 | 11.0 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 69 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 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
- Calais in FebruaryFrance · 38 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Brugge in FebruaryBelgium · 62 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Lille in FebruaryFrance · 65 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Kortrijk in FebruaryBelgium · 66 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Roubaix in FebruaryFrance · 68 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Saint Peters in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 76 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Gent in FebruaryBelgium · 94 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Aalst in FebruaryBelgium · 117 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 55 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 Dunkirk) is explained once on the Dunkirk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.