Climate averages 1991–2020
Rennes weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rennes: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (100 km away). In February its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Rennes, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Rennes ranks 19th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 32nd of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Rennes is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 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
Rennes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 64 | 11.2 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 9.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 53 | 9.9 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 58 | 11.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 10.8 | 15.215 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.0 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 46 | 7.8 | 15.616 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 49 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 65 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 8.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 71 | 12.1 | 8.48 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
- Nantes in FebruaryFrance · 100 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Angers in FebruaryFrance · 110 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Saint Helier in FebruaryJersey · 124 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Le Mans in FebruaryFrance · 140 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Caen in FebruaryFrance · 154 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Tours in FebruaryFrance · 195 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Le Havre in FebruaryFrance · 202 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Brest, France in FebruaryFrance · 210 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 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 Rennes) is explained once on the Rennes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.