Climate averages 1991–2020

Nuuk weather
in February.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: one of the coolest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -11.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -17.8°C Night-time mean, February

Precipitation 43 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a freezing month in Nuuk: daytime highs average -11.8°C and nights cool to about -17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 27 min on an average February day.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to -8.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 43 mm to 48 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Nuuk climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nuuk, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-11.8°C-17.6°C	-17.6°C	56	9.4	5.55 h
February, selected	-11.8°C-17.8°C	-17.8°C	43	7.1	8.58 h
March	-8.9°C-15.1°C	-15.1°C	48	7.9	11.712 h
April	-2.4°C-8.0°C	-8.0°C	53	8.2	15.015 h
May	2.7°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	58	8.3	18.418 h
June	8.8°C2.9°C	2.9°C	65	9.5	20.921 h
July	12.1°C5.9°C	5.9°C	62	9.0	19.720 h
August	11.1°C5.5°C	5.5°C	78	11.3	16.416 h
September	6.8°C1.4°C	1.4°C	96	12.2	13.113 h
October	0.1°C-5.6°C	-5.6°C	79	10.5	9.810 h
November	-6.5°C-12.1°C	-12.1°C	77	11.0	6.67 h
December	-9.5°C-15.6°C	-15.6°C	61	10.4	4.44 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nuuk) is explained once on the Nuuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.