Climate averages 1991–2020
Darmstadt weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Darmstadt: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Offenbach (27 km away). In February its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Darmstadt, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Darmstadt ranks joint 35th of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 76th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Darmstadt is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 68 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
Darmstadt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 71 | 12.5 | 8.69 h |
| February, selected | 6.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 61 | 11.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 68 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 51 | 10.9 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 75 | 11.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 67 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 70 | 11.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 59 | 9.9 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 61 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 65 | 11.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 70 | 11.7 | 9.19 h |
| December | 5.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 85 | 14.9 | 8.28 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
- Offenbach in FebruaryGermany · 27 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Frankfurt am Main in FebruaryGermany · 27 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Mainz in FebruaryGermany · 29 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -0.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Worms in FebruaryGermany · 34 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Hanau am Main in FebruaryGermany · 35 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Wiesbaden in FebruaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Mannheim in FebruaryGermany · 45 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein in FebruaryGermany · 46 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.3°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 Darmstadt) is explained once on the Darmstadt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.