Climate averages 1991–2020
Bergen weather
in February.
A cold, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bergen: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stavanger (160 km away). In February its highs average 3.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bergen, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Bergen ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 1.1°C; Bergen is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 192 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
Bergen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 249 | 20.3 | 6.77 h |
| February, selected | 2.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 211 | 17.4 | 9.09 h |
| March | 4.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 192 | 18.3 | 11.712 h |
| April | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 133 | 15.3 | 14.615 h |
| May | 12.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 116 | 14.0 | 17.217 h |
| June | 15.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 121 | 14.1 | 18.819 h |
| July | 17.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 149 | 16.4 | 18.118 h |
| August | 17.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 188 | 17.3 | 15.716 h |
| September | 14.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 249 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 259 | 19.3 | 10.210 h |
| November | 5.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 257 | 18.9 | 7.58 h |
| December | 2.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 271 | 20.0 | 5.96 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
- Stavanger in FebruaryNorway · 160 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Drammen in FebruaryNorway · 280 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Kristiansand in FebruaryNorway · 292 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Oslo in FebruaryNorway · 305 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in FebruaryNorway · 320 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Fredrikstad in FebruaryNorway · 339 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Trondheim in FebruaryNorway · 429 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 86 mm precipitation
- Aalborg in FebruaryDenmark · 457 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 44 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 Bergen) is explained once on the Bergen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.