Armidale weather in February

In February, Armidale sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 80 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Armidale's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Armidale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 80 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:35 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Armidale is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical February day in Armidale reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C cooler than January and about 2°C warmer than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	24	14
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

How February really feels in Armidale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Armidale weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	96	10.6	13.7	6.9
Feb	25° / 14°	80	9.1	13.1	7.0
Mar	23° / 11°	51	7.4	12.2	7.4
Apr	20° / 8°	25	4	11.3	7.3
May	16° / 5°	32	4.6	10.5	5.8
Jun	13° / 2°	35	5.1	10.1	4.1
Jul	13° / 1°	28	4.6	10.2	4.0
Aug	14° / 2°	31	4.7	10.9	5.1
Sep	18° / 5°	36	6.1	11.8	6.6
Oct	21° / 8°	61	8.2	12.7	7.0
Nov	23° / 10°	85	10.1	13.5	6.8
Dec	24° / 13°	92	11.6	13.9	6.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	60	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55
Cloudier (%)	40	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Armidale gets around 80 mm of rain over 9.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	32	31	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	46	47
Comfortable (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	42
Humid (%)	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9
Muggy (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	39	21	3
2	38	39	21	3
3	38	39	20	3
4	39	39	20	2
5	39	39	19	2
6	40	39	19	2
7	40	39	19	2
8	40	39	18	2
9	41	39	18	2
10	41	39	18	2
11	41	40	17	2
12	41	40	17	2
13	41	40	17	2
14	41	40	16	2
15	42	40	16	2
16	42	41	16	2
17	42	41	15	2
18	42	41	15	2
19	43	41	14	2
20	43	42	14	2
21	43	42	13	2
22	43	43	13	2
23	43	43	12	1
24	44	43	12	1
25	44	43	11	1
26	45	43	11	1
27	46	43	10	1
28	47	42	9	1

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 7:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45
Sunset (PM)	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	6:23	7:51
2	13.4	6:24	7:50
3	13.4	6:25	7:49
4	13.4	6:26	7:49
5	13.4	6:27	7:48
6	13.3	6:27	7:48
7	13.3	6:28	7:47
8	13.3	6:29	7:46
9	13.3	6:30	7:46
10	13.2	6:31	7:45
11	13.2	6:32	7:44
12	13.2	6:32	7:43
13	13.2	6:33	7:43
14	13.1	6:34	7:42
15	13.1	6:35	7:41
16	13.1	6:36	7:40
17	13.0	6:37	7:39
18	13.0	6:37	7:38
19	13.0	6:38	7:37
20	13.0	6:39	7:37
21	12.9	6:40	7:36
22	12.9	6:40	7:35
23	12.9	6:41	7:34
24	12.8	6:42	7:33
25	12.8	6:43	7:32
26	12.8	6:44	7:31
27	12.8	6:44	7:30
28	12.7	6:45	7:28

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in January across the year — February's 6.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Armidale

In seasonPeak

In February, Armidale sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Armidale's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Armidale?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Armidale for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Armidale in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Armidale sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Armidale in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Armidale peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	14	11	8	5	4	4	5	7	10	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	5	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Armidale in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Armidale is worst in December — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.8× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Armidale's WHO annual average of 17.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	11	11	12	10	8	9	9	13	19	34	54
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	11	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Armidale?

Armidale sits at 30.5°S, 151.7°E, 1,053 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Tamworth, 96 km away.

Topography around Armidale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Armidale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Armidale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 1,013 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around Armidale is covered by grassland (53%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

grassland 53%

16 km

514 m

grassland 77%

80 km

1,490 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← January Armidale year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Tamworth 96 km · Coffs Harbour 141 km · Grafton 152 km · Port Macquarie 157 km · Taree 174 km · Muswellbrook 209 km · Maitland 248 km · Warwick 256 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Armidale (-30.5012°, 151.6655°, elevation 1,053 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	24	14
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	39	21	3
2	38	39	21	3
3	38	39	20	3
4	39	39	20	2
5	39	39	19	2
6	40	39	19	2
7	40	39	19	2
8	40	39	18	2
9	41	39	18	2
10	41	39	18	2
11	41	40	17	2
12	41	40	17	2
13	41	40	17	2
14	41	40	16	2
15	42	40	16	2
16	42	41	16	2
17	42	41	15	2
18	42	41	15	2
19	43	41	14	2
20	43	42	14	2
21	43	42	13	2
22	43	43	13	2
23	43	43	12	1
24	44	43	12	1
25	44	43	11	1
26	45	43	11	1
27	46	43	10	1
28	47	42	9	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	24	14
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	39	21	3
2	38	39	21	3
3	38	39	20	3
4	39	39	20	2
5	39	39	19	2
6	40	39	19	2
7	40	39	19	2
8	40	39	18	2
9	41	39	18	2
10	41	39	18	2
11	41	40	17	2
12	41	40	17	2
13	41	40	17	2
14	41	40	16	2
15	42	40	16	2
16	42	41	16	2
17	42	41	15	2
18	42	41	15	2
19	43	41	14	2
20	43	42	14	2
21	43	42	13	2
22	43	43	13	2
23	43	43	12	1
24	44	43	12	1
25	44	43	11	1
26	45	43	11	1
27	46	43	10	1
28	47	42	9	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	24	14
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	33
24	33
25	32
26	32
27	31
28	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	39	21	3
2	38	39	21	3
3	38	39	20	3
4	39	39	20	2
5	39	39	19	2
6	40	39	19	2
7	40	39	19	2
8	40	39	18	2
9	41	39	18	2
10	41	39	18	2
11	41	40	17	2
12	41	40	17	2
13	41	40	17	2
14	41	40	16	2
15	42	40	16	2
16	42	41	16	2
17	42	41	15	2
18	42	41	15	2
19	43	41	14	2
20	43	42	14	2
21	43	42	13	2
22	43	43	13	2
23	43	43	12	1
24	44	43	12	1
25	44	43	11	1
26	45	43	11	1
27	46	43	10	1
28	47	42	9	1