Climate averages 1991–2020
Metz weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Metz: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nancy (48 km away). In February its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Metz, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Metz ranks 56th 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; Metz is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 60 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
Metz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 67 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | 6.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 55 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 11.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 84 | 14.0 | 8.38 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
- Nancy in FebruaryFrance · 48 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Luxembourg in FebruaryLuxembourg · 55 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -0.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Saarbrücken in FebruaryGermany · 62 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Trier in FebruaryGermany · 78 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Kaiserslautern in FebruaryGermany · 121 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Strasbourg in FebruaryFrance · 130 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Reims in FebruaryFrance · 157 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Karlsruhe in FebruaryGermany · 163 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 61 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 Metz) is explained once on the Metz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.