Climate averages 1991–2020
Liverpool weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Liverpool: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is St Helens (17 km away). In February its highs average 7.4°C, about as warm as Liverpool, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Liverpool ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 126th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Liverpool is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 72 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
Liverpool climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 91 | 16.3 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 7.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 76 | 13.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 72 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 67 | 12.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 69 | 12.6 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 83 | 13.5 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 87 | 15.9 | 16.516 h |
| August | 18.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 99 | 16.4 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 96 | 14.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 115 | 16.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 115 | 17.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 17.0 | 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
- St Helens in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 17 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Chester in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Southport in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Warrington in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Wigan in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Bolton in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 41 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Preston in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 43 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Blackpool in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 88 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 Liverpool) is explained once on the Liverpool year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.