Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferrara weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Ferrara: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bologna (44 km away). In February its highs average 10.1°C, about as warm as Ferrara, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ferrara ranks joint 43rd of 79 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 79 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 79 cities is 10.9°C; Ferrara is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 56 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
Ferrara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 41 | 6.8 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 54 | 7.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 73 | 10.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 67 | 9.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 31.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 75 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 9.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 57 | 8.0 | 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
- Bologna in FebruaryItaly · 44 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Modena in FebruaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Carpi in FebruaryItaly · 59 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Ravenna in FebruaryItaly · 66 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Padua in FebruaryItaly · 67 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Forlì in FebruaryItaly · 76 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Vicenza in FebruaryItaly · 79 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in FebruaryItaly · 80 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 59 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 Ferrara) is explained once on the Ferrara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.