Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in February.
A cold, 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 Geneva: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In February its highs average 6.1°C, about as warm as Geneva, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 5.7°C; Geneva is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 109 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 8.79 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
- Lausanne in FebruarySwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in FebruaryFrance · 109 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Lyon in FebruaryFrance · 112 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Besançon in FebruaryFrance · 117 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Grenoble in FebruaryFrance · 119 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Bern in FebruarySwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Dijon in FebruaryFrance · 151 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in FebruaryFrance · 161 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.2°C · 49 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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.