Carey weather in February

In February, Carey sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 12 min at the start of February to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Carey's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carey's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 97 mm; 13 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:32 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical February day in Carey reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 2°C cooler 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

Carey weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 3°	162	17.4	2.2	8.6	0.6
Feb	8° / 4°	97	13	1.8	9.9	1.0
Mar	9° / 5°	107	15	1	11.6	1.7
Apr	12° / 7°	67	11.2	0.1	13.4	3.0
May	15° / 9°	42	8.3	0	15	4.8
Jun	18° / 11°	27	5.6	0	15.8	6.2
Jul	20° / 13°	14	3.1	0	15.5	7.8
Aug	21° / 13°	22	3.2	0	14.1	7.8
Sep	18° / 12°	43	7.1	0	12.4	6.3
Oct	13° / 8°	107	12.7	0	10.6	3.4
Nov	9° / 5°	167	17	0.7	9	1.4
Dec	7° / 4°	157	16.7	2.4	8.2	0.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	72	71	71	71	71	70	69	69	68	67	67	66	65	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	64	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Carey gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 13 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 48% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	50	50	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	6
2	50	6
3	49	6
4	48	6
5	48	6
6	48	6
7	47	6
8	47	6
9	47	6
10	47	6
11	47	6
12	48	6
13	48	6
14	48	6
15	48	6
16	48	6
17	48	6
18	48	6
19	48	7
20	48	7
21	48	7
22	47	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	46	7
27	46	7
28	46	6

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 min at the start of February to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:45 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)	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:09
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:11	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:36	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:44	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	7:52	5:02
2	9.2	7:51	5:03
3	9.3	7:50	5:05
4	9.3	7:48	5:07
5	9.4	7:47	5:08
6	9.4	7:46	5:10
7	9.5	7:44	5:11
8	9.5	7:43	5:13
9	9.6	7:41	5:15
10	9.6	7:40	5:16
11	9.7	7:38	5:18
12	9.7	7:37	5:19
13	9.8	7:35	5:21
14	9.8	7:34	5:23
15	9.9	7:32	5:24
16	9.9	7:30	5:26
17	10.0	7:29	5:28
18	10.0	7:27	5:29
19	10.1	7:25	5:31
20	10.1	7:24	5:32
21	10.2	7:22	5:34
22	10.3	7:20	5:36
23	10.3	7:18	5:37
24	10.4	7:16	5:39
25	10.4	7:14	5:40
26	10.5	7:13	5:42
27	10.5	7:11	5:44
28	10.6	7:09	5:45

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 1.95 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)	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.5	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.7	Dim
9	1.7	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Carey

In seasonPeak

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

Carey'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 Carey?

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

1.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Carey.

What to pack for Carey in February

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

In February, Carey sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Carey in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 12°C and coldest in January near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	10	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	10	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Carey in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Carey peaks around July 18 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	4	5	7	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Carey 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 Carey is worst in October — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	12	10	16	12	4
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Carey?

Carey sits at 48.5°N, 123.4°W, 57 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Esquimalt, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Carey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 640 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,356 m.

The land around Carey is covered by trees (51%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (44%) within 80 km.

3 km

99 m

trees 51%

16 km

640 m

water 52%

80 km

2,356 m

trees 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Esquimalt 4.0 km · Victoria 5.0 km · Victoria-Downtown 6.0 km · Gordon Head 6.0 km · Oak Bay 7.0 km · Colwood 8.0 km · Langford 8.0 km · Saanich 9.0 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; 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 Carey (48.4721°, -123.3948°, elevation 57 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	7	4
2	7	4
3	7	4
4	7	4
5	7	4
6	7	4
7	7	4
8	7	4
9	7	4
10	7	4
11	7	4
12	7	4
13	8	4
14	8	4
15	8	4
16	8	4
17	8	4
18	8	4
19	8	3
20	8	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	3
24	8	3
25	8	3
26	8	3
27	8	4
28	8	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	6
2	50	6
3	49	6
4	48	6
5	48	6
6	48	6
7	47	6
8	47	6
9	47	6
10	47	6
11	47	6
12	48	6
13	48	6
14	48	6
15	48	6
16	48	6
17	48	6
18	48	6
19	48	7
20	48	7
21	48	7
22	47	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	46	7
27	46	7
28	46	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	6
2	50	6
3	49	6
4	48	6
5	48	6
6	48	6
7	47	6
8	47	6
9	47	6
10	47	6
11	47	6
12	48	6
13	48	6
14	48	6
15	48	6
16	48	6
17	48	6
18	48	6
19	48	7
20	48	7
21	48	7
22	47	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	46	7
27	46	7
28	46	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	37	63
24	37	63
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	6
2	50	6
3	49	6
4	48	6
5	48	6
6	48	6
7	47	6
8	47	6
9	47	6
10	47	6
11	47	6
12	48	6
13	48	6
14	48	6
15	48	6
16	48	6
17	48	6
18	48	6
19	48	7
20	48	7
21	48	7
22	47	7
23	47	7
24	47	7
25	47	7
26	46	7
27	46	7
28	46	6

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100