Climate averages 1991–2020

Palencia weather
in February.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.9°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 0.9°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 32 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Palencia · average highYear overview

February is a cool month in Palencia: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In February its highs average 10.3°C, about as warm as Palencia, with 32 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks 89th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 27th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Palencia is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 38 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. -505101520253035 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Palencia climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Palencia, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.1°C0.9°C0.9°C428.29.59 h
February, selected 9.9°C0.9°C0.9°C326.910.611 h
March 13.5°C3.0°C3.0°C388.211.912 h
April 15.7°C4.8°C4.8°C5010.313.313 h
May 19.9°C8.3°C8.3°C519.514.515 h
June 25.1°C12.1°C12.1°C306.215.215 h
July 28.7°C14.6°C14.6°C173.714.915 h
August 28.6°C14.8°C14.8°C143.013.914 h
September 24.0°C11.9°C11.9°C295.412.513 h
October 18.1°C8.4°C8.4°C568.611.111 h
November 11.7°C4.1°C4.1°C529.19.910 h
December 8.6°C1.7°C1.7°C467.89.29 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 Palencia

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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.