Climate averages 1991–2020
Irákleion weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Irákleion: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Glyfáda (308 km away). In February its highs average 13.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Irákleion, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Irákleion ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 12.4°C; Irákleion is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 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
Irákleion climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 68 | 12.1 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 14.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 31 | 4.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.9 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 6.1 | 0.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 38 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.810 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
- Glyfáda in FebruaryGreece · 308 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Piraeus in FebruaryGreece · 320 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Athens in FebruaryGreece · 321 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Khalándrion in FebruaryGreece · 323 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Acharnés in FebruaryGreece · 331 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Muğla in FebruaryTurkey · 357 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Darnah in FebruaryLibya · 367 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Aydın in FebruaryTurkey · 369 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 106 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 Irákleion) is explained once on the Irákleion year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.