Climate averages 1991–2020
Rouen weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Rouen: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 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 05 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (72 km away). In February its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Rouen, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Rouen ranks joint 30th of 57 for the warmest February highs and joint 40th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Rouen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 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
Rouen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 11.8 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | 8.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 62 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 65 | 11.0 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 65 | 10.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 52 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 72 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 69 | 12.7 | 9.29 h |
| December | 7.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 81 | 13.3 | 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
- Le Havre in FebruaryFrance · 72 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in FebruaryFrance · 84 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Argenteuil in FebruaryFrance · 100 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Amiens in FebruaryFrance · 100 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in FebruaryFrance · 100 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Versailles in FebruaryFrance · 104 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in FebruaryFrance · 107 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Caen in FebruaryFrance · 110 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.1°C · 51 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 Rouen) is explained once on the Rouen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.