Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå 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 Umeå: daytime highs average -3.5°C and nights cool to about -8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 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 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In February its highs average -5.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Umeå, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 21 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 0.7°C; Umeå is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to -0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 35 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February, selected | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in FebruarySweden · 215 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Pori in FebruaryFinland · 272 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Oulu in FebruaryFinland · 282 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Tampere in FebruaryFinland · 315 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in FebruaryFinland · 327 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in FebruaryFinland · 384 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -9.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Gävle in FebruarySweden · 386 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -5.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Turku in FebruaryFinland · 390 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.2°C · 38 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.