Climate averages 1991–2020
Lille weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Lille: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°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 joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roubaix (11 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Lille, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Lille ranks joint 44th 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; Lille is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Lille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 8.59 h |
| February, selected | 7.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 10.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 48 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 62 | 11.9 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 70 | 11.0 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 9.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 61 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 70 | 12.5 | 8.18 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
- Roubaix in FebruaryFrance · 11 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Kortrijk in FebruaryBelgium · 26 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Brugge in FebruaryBelgium · 65 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Dunkirk in FebruaryFrance · 65 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Gent in FebruaryBelgium · 66 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Mons in FebruaryBelgium · 66 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Aalst in FebruaryBelgium · 77 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 55 mm rain
- La Louvière in FebruaryBelgium · 82 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.8°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 Lille) is explained once on the Lille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.