Climate averages 1991–2020
Arnhem weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Arnhem: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nijmegen (16 km away). In February its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Arnhem, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Arnhem ranks joint 23rd of 44 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 44 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 44 cities is 6.5°C; Arnhem is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Arnhem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 65 | 12.8 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 6.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 56 | 11.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 47 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 59 | 11.5 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 76 | 12.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 61 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 63 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 61 | 12.1 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 71 | 12.8 | 7.98 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
- Nijmegen in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Deventer in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Oss in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Amersfoort in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Bocholt in FebruaryGermany · 51 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- 's-Hertogenbosch in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 52 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Utrecht in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 55 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 54 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 Arnhem) is explained once on the Arnhem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.