Climate averages 1991–2020

Perpignan weather
in February.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 12.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 3.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 43 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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February is a cool month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In February its highs average 11.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Perpignan, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Perpignan is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 50 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Perpignan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Perpignan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.1°C3.7°C3.7°C586.89.49 h
February, selected 12.1°C3.9°C3.9°C435.210.511 h
March 15.4°C6.4°C6.4°C506.511.912 h
April 17.9°C8.9°C8.9°C628.313.413 h
May 21.5°C12.6°C12.6°C506.914.615 h
June 26.0°C16.6°C16.6°C264.715.315 h
July 29.0°C19.3°C19.3°C193.615.015 h
August 28.9°C19.5°C19.5°C304.713.914 h
September 24.8°C16.2°C16.2°C555.912.513 h
October 20.1°C12.7°C12.7°C877.911.111 h
November 14.8°C7.9°C7.9°C677.29.810 h
December 11.6°C4.7°C4.7°C566.29.19 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

Distance from Perpignan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.