Climate averages 1991–2020
Donostia / San Sebastián weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Donostia / San Sebastián: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pamplona (61 km away). In February its highs average 9.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Donostia / San Sebastián, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Donostia / San Sebastián ranks joint 75th of 93 for the warmest February highs and 91st of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Donostia / San Sebastián is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 114 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
Donostia / San Sebastián climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 135 | 15.4 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 11.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 123 | 14.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 114 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 16.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 12.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 82 | 12.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 23.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 89 | 12.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 12.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 128 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 170 | 15.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 138 | 15.1 | 9.09 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
- Pamplona in FebruarySpain · 61 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in FebruarySpain · 77 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Bilbao in FebruarySpain · 77 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Barakaldo in FebruarySpain · 82 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Logroño in FebruarySpain · 102 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Pau in FebruaryFrance · 131 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Santander in FebruarySpain · 149 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Burgos in FebruarySpain · 177 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 44 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 Donostia / San Sebastián) is explained once on the Donostia / San Sebastián year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.