Climate averages 1991–2020
Bologna weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Bologna: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Modena (37 km away). In February its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Bologna, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bologna ranks joint 47th of 79 for the warmest February highs and 45th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Bologna is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 63 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
Bologna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 10.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 65 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 76 | 9.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 60 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| July | 30.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 46 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 53 | 7.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 68 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 76 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 91 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 69 | 8.7 | 8.99 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
- Modena in FebruaryItaly · 37 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Ferrara in FebruaryItaly · 44 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Carpi in FebruaryItaly · 49 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in FebruaryItaly · 60 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Forlì in FebruaryItaly · 64 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Ravenna in FebruaryItaly · 69 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Pistoia in FebruaryItaly · 71 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Prato in FebruaryItaly · 71 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 83 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 Bologna) is explained once on the Bologna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.