Climate averages 1991–2020
Galway weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Galway: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limerick (73 km away). In February its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Galway, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Ireland, Galway ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 8.4°C; Galway is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 78 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
Galway climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 99 | 15.4 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 8.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 85 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 13.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 76 | 13.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 14.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 79 | 13.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 79 | 12.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 83 | 14.5 | 16.416 h |
| August | 17.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 91 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 10.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 101 | 14.3 | 8.79 h |
| December | 8.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 104 | 15.2 | 7.68 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 · 73 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Cork in FebruaryIreland · 158 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Tallaght in FebruaryIreland · 178 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Dublin in FebruaryIreland · 186 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Derry in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 223 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Lisburn in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 242 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Belfast in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 252 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Douglas in FebruaryIsle of Man · 316 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 76 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 Galway) is explained once on the Galway year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.