Climate averages 1991–2020
Malmö weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Malmö: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lund (16 km away). In February its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Malmö, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Malmö ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 0.7°C; Malmö is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 40 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
Malmö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 11.3 | 7.78 h |
| February, selected | 3.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 40 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 9.5 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 57 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 66 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 53 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.27 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
- Lund in FebruarySweden · 16 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Copenhagen in FebruaryDenmark · 28 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Helsingborg in FebruarySweden · 53 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Halmstad in FebruarySweden · 119 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Odense in FebruaryDenmark · 166 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Rostock in FebruaryGermany · 177 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Växjö in FebruarySweden · 180 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Århus in FebruaryDenmark · 184 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 40 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 Malmö) is explained once on the Malmö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.