Climate averages 1991–2020
Neumünster weather
in February.
A cold, 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 cold month in Neumünster: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kiel (29 km away). In February its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Neumünster, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Neumünster ranks joint 108th of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 39th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Neumünster is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 52 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
Neumünster 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-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 64 | 12.4 | 8.08 h |
| February, selected | 4.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 51 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 52 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 45 | 10.2 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 11.1 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 67 | 12.0 | 17.117 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 76 | 12.8 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 75 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 60 | 11.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 54 | 11.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | 4.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 65 | 12.8 | 7.57 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
- Kiel in FebruaryGermany · 29 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Norderstedt in FebruaryGermany · 41 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Lübeck in FebruaryGermany · 51 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Hamburg in FebruaryGermany · 58 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Flensburg in FebruaryGermany · 87 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Lüneburg in FebruaryGermany · 96 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Schwerin in FebruaryGermany · 106 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bremerhaven in FebruaryGermany · 109 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 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 Neumünster) is explained once on the Neumünster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.