Climate averages 1991–2020
Rheine 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 Rheine: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Enschede (38 km away). In February its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Rheine, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Rheine ranks joint 52nd of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 56th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Rheine is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 58 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
Rheine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 69 | 13.6 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 5.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 55 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 58 | 11.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 49 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 66 | 12.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 78 | 13.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 64 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 65 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 12.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 72 | 13.0 | 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
- Enschede in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Münster in FebruaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Osnabrück in FebruaryGermany · 41 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Hengelo in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 44 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Almelo in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 53 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Hamm in FebruaryGermany · 72 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Marl in FebruaryGermany · 74 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Lünen in FebruaryGermany · 75 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 68 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 Rheine) is explained once on the Rheine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.