Climate averages 1991–2020
Oslo weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Oslo: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lillestrøm (18 km away). In February its highs average -0.7°C, about as warm as Oslo, with 49 mm of precipitation.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Oslo ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 1.1°C; Oslo is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 4.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 52 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Oslo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 72 | 10.9 | 6.87 h |
| February, selected | -0.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | 4.0°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 55 | 9.1 | 14.515 h |
| May | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 77 | 11.4 | 17.117 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 95 | 12.3 | 18.719 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 100 | 12.6 | 18.018 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 112 | 14.2 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 89 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 94 | 11.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 92 | 12.0 | 7.68 h |
| December | -0.5°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 71 | 11.1 | 6.16 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Lillestrøm in FebruaryNorway · 18 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Drammen in FebruaryNorway · 36 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Fredrikstad in FebruaryNorway · 78 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Kristiansand in FebruaryNorway · 252 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Gothenburg in FebruarySweden · 255 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Örebro in FebruarySweden · 261 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Borås in FebruarySweden · 274 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Stavanger in FebruaryNorway · 302 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low 0.2°C · 157 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 Oslo) is explained once on the Oslo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.