Climate averages 1991–2020
Hildesheim weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Hildesheim: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hannover (29 km away). In February its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Hildesheim, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Hildesheim ranks joint 86th of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 22nd of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Hildesheim is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 54 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
Hildesheim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 59 | 12.7 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 5.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 45 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 54 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 47 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 60 | 11.0 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 64 | 11.7 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 78 | 12.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 12.1 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 57 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 59 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 60 | 12.9 | 7.88 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
- Hannover in FebruaryGermany · 29 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Salzgitter in FebruaryGermany · 32 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Braunschweig in FebruaryGermany · 41 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Celle in FebruaryGermany · 53 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in FebruaryGermany · 64 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Göttingen in FebruaryGermany · 69 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Minden in FebruaryGermany · 72 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Detmold in FebruaryGermany · 77 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 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 Hildesheim) is explained once on the Hildesheim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.