Climate averages 1991–2020
Cottbus weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry 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 cold month in Cottbus: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zielona Góra (83 km away). In February its highs average 3.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cottbus, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Cottbus ranks joint 105th of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Cottbus is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 48 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
Cottbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 81 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 | 7.98 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
- Zielona Góra in FebruaryPoland · 83 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Dresden in FebruaryGermany · 89 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Berlin in FebruaryGermany · 106 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Potsdam in FebruaryGermany · 112 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Liberec in FebruaryCzechia · 121 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in FebruaryCzechia · 124 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in FebruaryPoland · 125 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Lubin in FebruaryPoland · 135 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 35 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 Cottbus) is explained once on the Cottbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.