Climate averages 1991–2020

Tarragona weather
in February.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 13.7°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 5.2°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 31 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tarragona · average highYear overview

February is a cool month in Tarragona: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Reus (12 km away). In February its highs average 14.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tarragona, with 26 mm of rain.

Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks 38th of 93 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 93 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 93 cities is 13.6°C; Tarragona is level with that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 37 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Tarragona climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tarragona, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.4°C4.9°C4.9°C426.19.610 h
February, selected 13.7°C5.2°C5.2°C315.010.611 h
March 16.5°C7.4°C7.4°C375.711.912 h
April 18.6°C9.5°C9.5°C436.913.313 h
May 22.0°C12.9°C12.9°C385.414.514 h
June 26.1°C16.9°C16.9°C203.415.115 h
July 28.9°C19.8°C19.8°C183.714.815 h
August 28.8°C20.4°C20.4°C405.613.814 h
September 25.3°C17.4°C17.4°C778.612.513 h
October 21.2°C13.9°C13.9°C788.111.111 h
November 16.2°C9.0°C9.0°C536.19.910 h
December 12.8°C6.0°C6.0°C426.09.39 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

Distance from Tarragona

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