Climate averages 1991–2020
Lüneburg 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 Lüneburg: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamburg (44 km away). In February its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Lüneburg, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Lüneburg ranks joint 91st of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Lüneburg is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 49 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
Lüneburg 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-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 55 | 11.8 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 4.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 44 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 45 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 60 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 11.5 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 82 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 53 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 48 | 10.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | 4.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 55 | 11.7 | 7.68 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
- Hamburg in FebruaryGermany · 44 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Norderstedt in FebruaryGermany · 57 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Lübeck in FebruaryGermany · 71 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Celle in FebruaryGermany · 73 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Schwerin in FebruaryGermany · 78 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in FebruaryGermany · 95 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Neumünster in FebruaryGermany · 96 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Hannover in FebruaryGermany · 108 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 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 Lüneburg) is explained once on the Lüneburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.