Climate averages 1991–2020
Oceanside weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Oceanside: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vista (13 km away). In February its highs average 17.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Oceanside, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Oceanside ranks joint 139th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 249th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Oceanside is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 40 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
Oceanside climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 74 | 6.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 40 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 17 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 19.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.5 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 22.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 24.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 25.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 25.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 21 | 2.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 16.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 46 | 4.7 | 10.010 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
- Vista in FebruaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 92 mm rain
- San Marcos in FebruaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Escondido in FebruaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Temecula in FebruaryUnited States · 39 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Murrieta in FebruaryUnited States · 43 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Mission Viejo in FebruaryUnited States · 53 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 79 mm rain
- San Diego in FebruaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 63 mm rain
- El Cajon in FebruaryUnited States · 59 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 74 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 Oceanside) is explained once on the Oceanside year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.