Climate averages 1991–2020
Porto weather
in February.
A cool, 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 Porto: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Braga (47 km away). In February its highs average 13.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Porto, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Porto ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 12 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 12 cities is 14.5°C; Porto is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 121 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
Porto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 150 | 12.2 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 13.9°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 103 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 121 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 121 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 101 | 11.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 6.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 23 | 4.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 64 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 166 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 163 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 13.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 167 | 12.4 | 9.39 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
- Braga in FebruaryPortugal · 47 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Aveiro in FebruaryPortugal · 56 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Viseu in FebruaryPortugal · 80 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Coimbra in FebruaryPortugal · 106 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Vigo in FebruarySpain · 121 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Pontevedra in FebruarySpain · 143 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Ourense in FebruarySpain · 146 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Leiria in FebruaryPortugal · 157 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 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 Porto) is explained once on the Porto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.