Nanaimo weather in February

In February, Nanaimo sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 149 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of February to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nanaimo's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nanaimo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 6°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 149 mm; 14.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:36 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.4; out of 10

Nanaimo is city on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 991/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1874

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical February day in Nanaimo reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Nanaimo

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.

Nanaimo 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	5° / 3°	253	18.5	7.1	8.5	0.1
Feb	6° / 3°	149	14.6	5.9	9.8	0.4
Mar	7° / 4°	178	17.6	6.1	11.6	0.9
Apr	10° / 7°	124	15.2	1.5	13.4	2.0
May	14° / 10°	85	12.1	0.1	15	3.9
Jun	17° / 13°	69	10.6	0	15.9	5.2
Jul	19° / 15°	43	7.3	0	15.6	6.8
Aug	20° / 15°	54	6.3	0	14.2	7.0
Sep	17° / 13°	86	9.3	0	12.4	5.5
Oct	12° / 9°	177	15.2	0.2	10.5	2.7
Nov	8° / 5°	264	18.7	4.2	8.9	1.0
Dec	5° / 3°	247	18.5	8.3	8.1	0.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	24	25	25	27	27	28	29	30	30	32	33	33	34	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	37	38	38	37	35	35	34	34
Cloudier (%)	76	75	75	73	73	72	71	70	70	68	67	67	66	64	64	64	63	63	62	62	63	62	62	63	65	65	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nanaimo gets around 149 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 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 53% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 6 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 (%)	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51
Snow chance (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	20
2	55	20
3	55	20
4	55	20
5	55	20
6	54	20
7	54	20
8	54	20
9	54	20
10	54	20
11	53	20
12	53	21
13	53	21
14	53	21
15	53	21
16	53	22
17	53	22
18	53	22
19	53	22
20	52	23
21	52	23
22	52	23
23	52	24
24	52	24
25	51	24
26	51	24
27	51	24
28	51	24

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 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	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	light breeze
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	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 9 h 06 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 90 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:57 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:46 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)	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:17	5:18	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:57	5:02
2	9.1	7:55	5:03
3	9.2	7:54	5:05
4	9.2	7:53	5:07
5	9.3	7:51	5:08
6	9.3	7:50	5:10
7	9.4	7:49	5:12
8	9.4	7:47	5:13
9	9.5	7:46	5:15
10	9.5	7:44	5:17
11	9.6	7:42	5:18
12	9.7	7:41	5:20
13	9.7	7:39	5:22
14	9.8	7:38	5:23
15	9.8	7:36	5:25
16	9.9	7:34	5:26
17	9.9	7:32	5:28
18	10.0	7:31	5:30
19	10.0	7:29	5:31
20	10.1	7:27	5:33
21	10.2	7:25	5:35
22	10.2	7:23	5:36
23	10.3	7:22	5:38
24	10.3	7:20	5:40
25	10.4	7:18	5:41
26	10.5	7:16	5:43
27	10.5	7:14	5:45
28	10.6	7:12	5:46

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 1.87 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)	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4
Level	Dim	Dim	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.3	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.7	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	2.0	Dim
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Nanaimo

In seasonPeak

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

Nanaimo's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Nanaimo?

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

0.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nanaimo.

What to pack for Nanaimo in February

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

In February, Nanaimo sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Nanaimo in February

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in January near 7°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)	7	7	8	10	13	15	17	17	15	12	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	9	Bracing
Dec	8	Bracing

UV index in Nanaimo 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 Nanaimo peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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	4	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	4	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

Location & terrain

Where is Nanaimo?

Nanaimo sits at 49.2°N, 123.9°W, 16 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Harewood, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Nanaimo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nanaimo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 238 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,013 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,048 m.

The land around Nanaimo is covered by trees (35%), water (33%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

238 m

trees 35%

16 km

1,013 m

trees 49%

80 km

2,048 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Harewood 2.0 km · North Cowichan 41 km · Duncan 46 km · University Endowment Lands 52 km · Seafair 55 km · Dunbar-Southlands 55 km · Steveston 55 km · Arbutus Ridge 57 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
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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
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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 Nanaimo (49.1664°, -123.94°, elevation 16 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. 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	6	4
2	6	4
3	6	4
4	6	4
5	6	4
6	6	4
7	6	4
8	6	4
9	6	4
10	6	4
11	6	4
12	6	4
13	6	4
14	6	4
15	6	3
16	6	3
17	6	3
18	6	3
19	6	3
20	6	3
21	6	3
22	6	3
23	6	3
24	6	3
25	6	3
26	6	3
27	6	3
28	6	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	20
2	55	20
3	55	20
4	55	20
5	55	20
6	54	20
7	54	20
8	54	20
9	54	20
10	54	20
11	53	20
12	53	21
13	53	21
14	53	21
15	53	21
16	53	22
17	53	22
18	53	22
19	53	22
20	52	23
21	52	23
22	52	23
23	52	24
24	52	24
25	51	24
26	51	24
27	51	24
28	51	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	20
2	55	20
3	55	20
4	55	20
5	55	20
6	54	20
7	54	20
8	54	20
9	54	20
10	54	20
11	53	20
12	53	21
13	53	21
14	53	21
15	53	21
16	53	22
17	53	22
18	53	22
19	53	22
20	52	23
21	52	23
22	52	23
23	52	24
24	52	24
25	51	24
26	51	24
27	51	24
28	51	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	29	71
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	56	20
2	55	20
3	55	20
4	55	20
5	55	20
6	54	20
7	54	20
8	54	20
9	54	20
10	54	20
11	53	20
12	53	21
13	53	21
14	53	21
15	53	21
16	53	22
17	53	22
18	53	22
19	53	22
20	52	23
21	52	23
22	52	23
23	52	24
24	52	24
25	51	24
26	51	24
27	51	24
28	51	24

	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