Climate averages 1991–2020

Coimbra 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.

Average high 14.8°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 5.3°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 81 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Coimbra · average highYear overview

February is a cool month in Coimbra: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aveiro (52 km away). In February its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Coimbra, with 88 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Coimbra ranks 5th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 14.5°C; Coimbra is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 85 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Coimbra climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Coimbra, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.6°C4.9°C4.9°C10810.89.710 h
February, selected 14.8°C5.3°C5.3°C818.710.611 h
March 17.6°C7.3°C7.3°C859.611.912 h
April 19.0°C8.9°C8.9°C9210.713.213 h
May 22.0°C11.5°C11.5°C739.214.414 h
June 25.5°C14.4°C14.4°C235.015.015 h
July 28.3°C16.0°C16.0°C8.52.214.715 h
August 28.9°C16.5°C16.5°C143.113.814 h
September 26.3°C15.0°C15.0°C496.012.512 h
October 21.6°C12.3°C12.3°C11711.211.211 h
November 16.6°C8.4°C8.4°C11711.910.010 h
December 14.3°C6.0°C6.0°C11110.99.49 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

Distance from Coimbra

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Coimbra) is explained once on the Coimbra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.