Sønderborg weather in February

In February, Sønderborg sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Sønderborg's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sønderborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
43 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:57 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sønderborg is town in Denmark.

Density
2,072/km²
people per km²
Founded
1256

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 4°C through the month.

A typical February day in Sønderborg reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Sønderborg

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.

Sønderborg weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5611.637.60.0
Feb / 439.53.29.30.0
Mar / 4610.11.811.40.7
Apr11° / 399.30.313.82.7
May15° / 5110.3015.84.7
Jun19° / 11°6111.40175.7
Jul21° / 14°6312.1016.56.1
Aug21° / 14°6711.8014.76.1
Sep17° / 11°5510.2012.55.2
Oct12° / 5811.9010.23.1
Nov / 5111.10.68.11.1
Dec / 5611.62.170.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22278
32278
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Sønderborg gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 3 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 20 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 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 108 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:23 AM to 7:27 AM, and sunset from 4:45 PM to 5:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:234:45
28.48:224:47
38.58:204:49
48.68:184:51
58.68:164:53
68.78:154:56
78.78:134:58
88.88:115:00
98.98:095:02
108.98:075:04
119.08:055:06
129.18:035:08
139.28:015:10
149.27:595:12
159.37:575:14
169.47:545:16
179.47:525:18
189.57:505:21
199.67:485:23
209.67:465:25
219.77:435:27
229.87:415:29
239.97:395:31
249.97:375:33
2510.07:345:35
2610.17:325:37
2710.27:305:39
2810.27:275:41

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
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51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Sønderborg?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sønderborg.

What to pack for Sønderborg in February

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

In February, Sønderborg sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Sønderborg 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 22 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°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°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Sønderborg 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 Sønderborg peaks around July 17 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 17UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sønderborg?

Sønderborg sits at 54.9°N, 9.8°E, 15 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Flensburg, 26 km away.

FlensburgAabenraaHaderslevSchleswigEckernfördeSvendborgTønderOdense

Topography around Sønderborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sønderborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m.

The land around Sønderborg is covered by water (31%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (39%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
147 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Flensburg 26 km · Aabenraa 28 km · Haderslev 42 km · Schleswig 46 km · Eckernförde 49 km · Svendborg 55 km · Tønder 59 km · Odense 66 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 Sønderborg (54.909°, 9.7892°, elevation 15 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).