Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Debrecen: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In February its highs average 4.7°C, about as warm as Debrecen, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 5.7°C; Debrecen is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 39 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 8.59 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
- Nyíregyháza in FebruaryHungary · 48 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Oradea in FebruaryRomania · 58 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Miskolc in FebruaryHungary · 90 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Satu Mare in FebruaryRomania · 97 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Szolnok in FebruaryHungary · 114 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Mukachevo in FebruaryUkraine · 130 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in FebruaryUkraine · 131 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Košice in FebruarySlovakia · 134 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -3.9°C · 37 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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.