Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in La Rochelle: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In February its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks 16th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 43rd of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; La Rochelle is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 8.79 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
- Nantes in FebruaryFrance · 121 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Poitiers in FebruaryFrance · 124 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Angers in FebruaryFrance · 152 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Bordeaux in FebruaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Limoges in FebruaryFrance · 189 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Tours in FebruaryFrance · 197 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Rennes in FebruaryFrance · 220 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Le Mans in FebruaryFrance · 229 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.