Climate averages 1991–2020
Bern weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bern: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luzern (66 km away). In February its highs average 5.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bern, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Bern ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 5.7°C; Bern is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 84 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
Bern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 80 | 12.8 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | 4.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 73 | 11.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 90 | 13.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 15.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.7 | 15.816 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 104 | 13.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 101 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 88 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 84 | 11.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 90 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 4.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 8.69 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
- Luzern in FebruarySwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Basel in FebruarySwitzerland · 69 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Lausanne in FebruarySwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Mulhouse in FebruaryFrance · 90 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Zürich in FebruarySwitzerland · 95 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Besançon in FebruaryFrance · 113 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Winterthur in FebruarySwitzerland · 115 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Freiburg in FebruaryGermany · 120 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 77 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 Bern) is explained once on the Bern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.