Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers 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.
February is a cool month in Poitiers: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In February its highs average 9.1°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks joint 21st 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; Poitiers is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 55 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 8.69 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
- Tours in FebruaryFrance · 94 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Limoges in FebruaryFrance · 109 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Angers in FebruaryFrance · 120 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- La Rochelle in FebruaryFrance · 124 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Le Mans in FebruaryFrance · 158 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Nantes in FebruaryFrance · 160 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Orléans, France in FebruaryFrance · 188 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bordeaux in FebruaryFrance · 206 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 50 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.