Heidelberg Weather in February
Heidelberg in February
The short of it: Heidelberg in February averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 1° · rain 60 mm · daylight 10 h 3 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Heidelberg an average February high of 7°, a low of 1° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 7°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 10th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 10 h 3 min in mid-February, 87 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Heidelberg runs cooler than most and wetter than most in February. Leimen, 7 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
February in Heidelberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 2° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeimenBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km S | 7° | 0° | 59 mm |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km S | 7° | 0° | 59 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km N | 6° | 0° | 62 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 17 km NNW | 7° | 0° | 42 mm |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 19 km WNW | 7° | 0° | 41 mm |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WNW | 7° | 0° | 41 mm |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz | 21 km WSW | 7° | 0° | 48 mm |
| SinsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km SE | 6° | -1° | 71 mm |