Climate averages 1991–2020
Amersfoort weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Amersfoort: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hilversum (16 km away). In February its highs average 6.5°C, about as warm as Amersfoort, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Amersfoort ranks joint 19th of 44 for the warmest February highs and joint 23rd of 44 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 44 cities is 6.5°C; Amersfoort is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 56 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
Amersfoort climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 65 | 12.6 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 6.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 50 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 62 | 12.0 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 80 | 13.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 80 | 13.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 65 | 11.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 65 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 61 | 12.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 71 | 13.3 | 7.88 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
- Hilversum in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Utrecht in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Almere Stad in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 27 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Amstelveen in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 39 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Lelystad in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 40 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Arnhem in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Amsterdam in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 53 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 Amersfoort) is explained once on the Amersfoort year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.