Climate averages 1991–2020

Oxford 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.

Average high 7.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 1.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 43 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Oxford: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aylesbury (31 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Oxford, with 44 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Oxford ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 17th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Oxford is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 45 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Oxford climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Oxford, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.0°C2.1°C	2.1°C	54	10.8	8.48 h
February, selected	7.5°C1.9°C	1.9°C	43	9.3	9.910 h
March	9.9°C3.0°C	3.0°C	45	10.3	11.812 h
April	12.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	51	11.3	13.814 h
May	15.8°C7.8°C	7.8°C	57	10.9	15.616 h
June	18.7°C10.7°C	10.7°C	55	10.3	16.617 h
July	20.9°C12.9°C	12.9°C	58	10.9	16.216 h
August	20.5°C12.8°C	12.8°C	61	10.7	14.615 h
September	17.9°C10.7°C	10.7°C	54	9.1	12.713 h
October	13.9°C8.0°C	8.0°C	63	11.3	10.711 h
November	9.8°C4.8°C	4.8°C	62	11.6	8.99 h
December	7.2°C2.6°C	2.6°C	57	10.9	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

Distance from Oxford

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Oxford) is explained once on the Oxford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.