Bochum Weather in February
Bochum in February
The short of it: Bochum in February averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 53 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 1° · rain 75 mm · daylight 9 h 53 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Bochum an average February high of 7°, a low of 1° and some 75 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 7°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 9 h 53 min in mid-February, 94 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates February 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Bochum runs cooler than most and about as wet in February. Wattenscheid, 5 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
February in Bochum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 1° warmer, 17 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km W | 7° | 1° | 72 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 6 km N | 7° | 1° | 71 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km WNW | 7° | 1° | 67 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 7° | 1° | 80 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km ESE | 7° | 0° | 77 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NE | 7° | 1° | 68 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NNW | 7° | 1° | 67 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km W | 7° | 1° | 71 mm |