Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 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 10 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In February its highs average 7.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 30th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Orléans, France is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 52 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 8.58 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in FebruaryFrance · 97 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Versailles in FebruaryFrance · 102 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Tours in FebruaryFrance · 106 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in FebruaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Créteil in FebruaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in FebruaryFrance · 108 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in FebruaryFrance · 109 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Paris in FebruaryFrance · 111 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 48 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.