Bucharest Weather in February
Bucharest in February
The short of it: Bucharest in February averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of -3 °C (26 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 10 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low -3° · rain 28 mm · daylight 10 h 23 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Bucharest an average February high of 6°, a low of -3° and some 28 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 6°, nights near -3°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the driest month of the year, only 28 mm of rain. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 10 h 23 min in mid-February, 71 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates February 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Bucharest runs warmer than most and wetter than most in February. Sector 2, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
February in Bucharest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 3° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 2Bucharest | 3 km NE | 6° | -3° | 28 mm |
| Sector 3Bucharest | 5 km E | 6° | -3° | 27 mm |
| Sector 5Bucharest | 6 km SSW | 6° | -4° | 28 mm |
| Sector 4Bucharest | 6 km S | 6° | -3° | 28 mm |
| Sector 6Bucharest | 7 km W | 6° | -4° | 28 mm |
| Popeşti-LeordeniIlfov | 7 km SE | 6° | -4° | 27 mm |
| PantelimonIlfov | 8 km ENE | 6° | -3° | 27 mm |
| Sector 1Bucharest | 8 km NW | 6° | -4° | 28 mm |