Slagelse weather in February

In February, Slagelse sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Slagelse's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slagelse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 12 min
7:52 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover
76%
9th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slagelse is town in Denmark.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°C through the month.

A typical February day in Slagelse reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Slagelse

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
28
wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Slagelse weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5712.33.87.50.0
Feb / 449.73.69.20.0
Mar / 4510.22.211.40.3
Apr10° / 3790.413.82.2
May14° / 5210.2015.94.2
Jun18° / 12°6510.8017.15.5
Jul20° / 15°6711.1016.66.2
Aug20° / 15°6911.5014.86.1
Sep16° / 12°6010.4012.55.0
Oct12° / 6712.2010.12.9
Nov / 5812.30.88.11.0
Dec / 5911.92.36.90.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Slagelse gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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.

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Wind in February

Winds average 23 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:19 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 4:37 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:194:37
28.48:184:39
38.48:164:41
48.58:144:43
58.68:124:45
68.68:104:47
78.78:084:49
88.88:064:51
98.88:044:54
108.98:024:56
119.08:004:58
129.07:585:00
139.17:565:02
149.27:545:04
159.27:525:06
169.37:505:09
179.47:485:11
189.57:455:13
199.57:435:15
209.67:415:17
219.77:395:19
229.87:365:21
239.87:345:23
249.97:325:26
2510.07:295:28
2610.17:275:30
2710.17:245:32
2810.27:225:34

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Slagelse?

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

0.0
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 Slagelse.

What to pack for Slagelse in February

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

In February, Slagelse sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Slagelse in February

The nearest coast averages about 2°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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Slagelse 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 Slagelse peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slagelse?

Slagelse sits at 55.4°N, 11.4°E, 51 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Klinteby Frihed, 28 km away.

Klinteby FrihedRingstedNæstvedKalundborgNyborgHolbækKøgeRoskilde

Topography around Slagelse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slagelse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m.

The land around Slagelse is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (24%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
145 m
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February weather nearby: Klinteby Frihed 28 km · Ringsted 28 km · Næstved 32 km · Kalundborg 35 km · Nyborg 37 km · Holbæk 42 km · Køge 53 km · Roskilde 53 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

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 Slagelse (55.4028°, 11.3546°, elevation 51 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).