Climate averages 1991–2020
Cork weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Cork: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (86 km away). In February its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Cork, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Cork ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 8.4°C; Cork is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 62 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
Cork climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 79 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 8.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 65 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 62 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 68 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 67 | 13.0 | 15.616 h |
| June | 17.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 64 | 10.9 | 16.617 h |
| July | 18.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 18.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 69 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 10.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 85 | 12.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 12.0 | 8.99 h |
| December | 9.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 84 | 12.7 | 7.98 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
- Limerick in FebruaryIreland · 86 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Galway in FebruaryIreland · 158 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Tallaght in FebruaryIreland · 209 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Dublin in FebruaryIreland · 219 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Swansea in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 313 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Lisburn in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 334 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Belfast in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 345 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Plymouth in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 346 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 77 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 Cork) is explained once on the Cork year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.