Climate averages 1991–2020
Cambridge, United Kingdom weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Cambridge, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stevenage (40 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Cambridge, United Kingdom, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Cambridge, United Kingdom ranks joint 12th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Cambridge, United Kingdom is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 43 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
Cambridge, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.8 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 59 | 10.3 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 61 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 50 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 55 | 10.8 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 52 | 11.2 | 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
- Stevenage in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Bedford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Harlow in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Peterborough, United Kingdom in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Luton in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chelmsford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 57 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.5°C · 41 mm rain
- St Albans in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 62 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 42 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 Cambridge) is explained once on the Cambridge, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.