Nuuk Weather in February
Nuuk in February
The short of it: Nuuk in February averages a high of -4 °C (24 °F) and a low of -9 °C (15 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -4° · low -9° · rain 35 mm · daylight 8 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Nuuk an average February high of -4°, a low of -9° and some 35 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about -4°, nights near -9°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the driest month of the year, only 35 mm of rain. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 24 min in mid-February, 186 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Nuuk runs about middling and about as wet in February. Maniitsoq, 148 km to the NNW, is 4° cooler by day.
February in Nuuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 19 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Oct–Jun
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManiitsoqQeqqata | 148 km NNW | -9° | -13° | 32 mm |
| QeqertarsuaqSermersooq | 250 km SSE | -2° | -8° | 80 mm |
| PaamiutSermersooq | 264 km SSE | -3° | -9° | 83 mm |
| KangerlussuaqQeqqata | 318 km N | -13° | -22° | 7.0 mm |
| SisimiutQeqqata | 319 km NNW | -12° | -18° | 26 mm |
| NarsaqKujalleq | 465 km SE | -2° | -9° | 66 mm |
| QaqortoqKujalleq | 483 km SE | -2° | -8° | 69 mm |