Climate averages 1991–2020
Sankt Gallen 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 Sankt Gallen: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 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 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Konstanz (30 km away). In February its highs average 4.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sankt Gallen, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Sankt Gallen ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 5.7°C; Sankt Gallen is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 100 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
Sankt Gallen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 88 | 12.7 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 3.9°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 11.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.8°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 100 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 102 | 14.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 155 | 17.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 172 | 17.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 174 | 17.5 | 15.516 h |
| August | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 175 | 16.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 127 | 13.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 103 | 12.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 103 | 12.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 105 | 14.1 | 8.59 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
- Konstanz in FebruaryGermany · 30 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Vaduz in FebruaryLiechtenstein · 33 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Winterthur in FebruarySwitzerland · 50 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Zürich in FebruarySwitzerland · 62 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Luzern in FebruarySwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in FebruaryGermany · 97 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Ulm in FebruaryGermany · 118 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Reutlingen in FebruaryGermany · 119 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 56 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 Sankt Gallen) is explained once on the Sankt Gallen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.