Climate averages 1991–2020
Žilina weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Žilina: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Banská Bystrica (62 km away). In February its highs average 3.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Žilina, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Žilina ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 3.8°C; Žilina is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 68 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
Žilina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 63 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| February, selected | 2.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 67 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 98 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 106 | 15.4 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 16.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 12.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 83 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 9.29 h |
| December | 1.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 64 | 12.1 | 8.38 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
- Banská Bystrica in FebruarySlovakia · 62 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Havířov in FebruaryCzechia · 66 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in FebruaryPoland · 70 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Ostrava in FebruaryCzechia · 76 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Zlín in FebruaryCzechia · 78 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in FebruaryPoland · 82 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Rybnik in FebruaryPoland · 98 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Tychy in FebruaryPoland · 103 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.0°C · 43 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 Žilina) is explained once on the Žilina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.