Climate averages 1991–2020
Västerås weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Västerås: daytime highs average 0.4°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (67 km away). In February its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Västerås, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Västerås ranks joint 14th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 21 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 0.7°C; Västerås is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 4.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 29 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
Västerås climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 37 | 8.2 | 6.97 h |
| February, selected | 0.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 29 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 30 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 37 | 7.7 | 14.514 h |
| May | 15.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 49 | 9.5 | 17.017 h |
| June | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.619 h |
| July | 22.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 75 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| August | 20.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 73 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 52 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.1°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 52 | 9.9 | 10.210 h |
| November | 4.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 47 | 9.3 | 7.78 h |
| December | 0.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 45 | 9.9 | 6.26 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 · 67 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Södertälje in FebruarySweden · 77 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -4.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Sollentuna in FebruarySweden · 82 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Örebro in FebruarySweden · 85 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Huddinge in FebruarySweden · 91 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Stockholm in FebruarySweden · 91 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Haninge in FebruarySweden · 103 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Norrköping in FebruarySweden · 116 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -3.7°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 Västerås) is explained once on the Västerås year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.