Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Gävle: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In February its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 0.7°C; Gävle is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 28 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
Gävle 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 | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February, selected | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in FebruarySweden · 95 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Västerås in FebruarySweden · 122 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -5.1°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Sollentuna in FebruarySweden · 146 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Stockholm in FebruarySweden · 158 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Mariehamn in FebruaryAland Islands · 166 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Huddinge in FebruarySweden · 167 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Södertälje in FebruarySweden · 167 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -4.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Haninge in FebruarySweden · 177 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.