Climate averages 1991–2020
Maastricht weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Maastricht: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heerlen (21 km away). In February its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Maastricht, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Maastricht ranks joint 11th of 44 for the warmest February highs and 44th of 44 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 44 cities is 6.5°C; Maastricht is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 69 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
Maastricht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 76 | 13.5 | 8.58 h |
| February, selected | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 69 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 69 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 74 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 80 | 13.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 77 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 64 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 70 | 13.0 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 14.5 | 8.08 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
- Heerlen in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Liège in FebruaryBelgium · 25 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Hasselt in FebruaryBelgium · 26 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Aachen in FebruaryGermany · 29 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Düren in FebruaryGermany · 57 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Mönchengladbach in FebruaryGermany · 65 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Viersen in FebruaryGermany · 67 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Venlo in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 67 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.0°C · 59 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 Maastricht) is explained once on the Maastricht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.