Climate averages 1991–2020
Nijmegen weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Nijmegen: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Arnhem (16 km away). In February its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Nijmegen, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Nijmegen ranks joint 23rd of 44 for the warmest February highs and joint 34th of 44 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 44 cities is 6.5°C; Nijmegen is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 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
Nijmegen 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 | 66 | 12.6 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | 6.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 57 | 11.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 56 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 59 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 65 | 11.6 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 78 | 13.3 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 64 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 11.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 72 | 13.0 | 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
- Arnhem in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Oss in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 25 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.1°C · 57 mm rain
- 's-Hertogenbosch in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 41 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Helmond in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Amersfoort in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 47 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Deventer in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 51 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Eindhoven in FebruaryThe Netherlands · 52 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 57 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 Nijmegen) is explained once on the Nijmegen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.