Climate averages 1991–2020
Groningen 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 Groningen: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 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 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeuwarden (50 km away). In February its highs average 5.7°C, about as warm as Groningen, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Groningen ranks joint 43rd of 44 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 44 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 44 cities is 6.5°C; Groningen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 49 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
Groningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.6 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 5.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 12.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 87 | 14.3 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 83 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 63 | 12.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 12.4 | 7.68 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
- Leeuwarden in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Zwolle in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 85 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Almelo in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Hengelo in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Lelystad in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Wilhelmshaven in FebruaryGermany · 108 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Oldenburg in FebruaryGermany · 110 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Deventer in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 111 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.7°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 Groningen) is explained once on the Groningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.