Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Luleå: daytime highs average -5.9°C and nights cool to about -10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In February its highs average -6.0°C, about as warm as Luleå, with 29 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 21 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 0.7°C; Luleå is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to -2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 31 mm to 30 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February, selected | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
- Oulu in FebruaryFinland · 167 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Umeå in FebruarySweden · 215 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -8.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in FebruaryFinland · 401 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -9.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 410 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Pori in FebruaryFinland · 457 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 461 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 496 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Lahti in FebruaryFinland · 541 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 34 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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.