Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Marseille: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (9 km away). In February its highs average 11.3°C, about as warm as Marseille, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille ranks 7th 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; Marseille is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 42 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
Marseille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 63 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 7.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 24 | 3.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 10 | 1.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 65 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 88 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 70 | 8.5 | 9.09 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
- Marseille 15 in FebruaryFrance · 9 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in FebruaryFrance · 26 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Toulon in FebruaryFrance · 48 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Avignon in FebruaryFrance · 86 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Nîmes in FebruaryFrance · 102 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Montpellier in FebruaryFrance · 126 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Cannes in FebruaryFrance · 135 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Antibes in FebruaryFrance · 144 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 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 Marseille) is explained once on the Marseille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.