Tønder weather in February

In February, Tønder sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 13% 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 Tønder's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tønder's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
8:00 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tønder is town in Denmark.

Density
2,415/km²
people per km²
Founded
1017

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 Tønder reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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541
641
741
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941
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How February really feels in Tønder

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.

Tønder weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7313.92.77.60.0
Feb / 5611.12.79.30.0
Mar / 5511.2211.40.5
Apr10° / 429.60.313.82.4
May14° / 5110.4015.84.2
Jun17° / 12°7111.20175.2
Jul19° / 14°7812.6016.55.8
Aug20° / 14°9114014.75.7
Sep17° / 12°8413.1012.54.7
Oct12° / 8914.2010.22.9
Nov / 7713.90.48.11.2
Dec / 77141.770.1

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 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
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72476
82377
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Tønder gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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24011
34011
44011
54011
63911
73910
83910
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11389
12389
13399
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20409
21419
224210
234310
244310
254410
264411
274411
284410

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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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in February

Winds average 21 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
422breezy
522breezy
622breezy
722breezy
822breezy
922breezy
1022breezy
1121breezy
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2621breezy
2721breezy
2821breezy

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 8:27 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 5:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:274:49
28.48:254:51
38.58:244:53
48.68:224:55
58.68:204:57
68.78:184:59
78.78:165:01
88.88:155:03
98.98:135:05
108.98:115:07
119.08:095:09
129.18:075:12
139.28:055:14
149.28:025:16
159.38:005:18
169.47:585:20
179.47:565:22
189.57:545:24
199.67:525:26
209.67:495:28
219.77:475:30
229.87:455:33
239.97:435:35
249.97:405:37
2510.07:385:39
2610.17:365:41
2710.27:335:43
2810.27:315:45

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.2Dim
141.2Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
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241.6Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Tønder?

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
7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tønder.

What to pack for Tønder in February

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

In February, Tønder sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Tønder in February

The nearest coast averages about 3°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 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 3°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
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Tønder 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 Tønder peaks around July 21 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 21UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tønder?

Tønder sits at 54.9°N, 8.9°E, 3 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Aabenraa, 37 km away.

AabenraaFlensburgHusumHaderslevSønderborgSchleswigEsbjergKolding

Topography around Tønder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tønder has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m.

The land around Tønder is covered by cropland (43%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and water (40%), cropland (29%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
50 m
80 km
123 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
February weather nearby: Aabenraa 37 km · Flensburg 40 km · Husum 51 km · Haderslev 53 km · Sønderborg 59 km · Schleswig 64 km · Esbjerg 65 km · Kolding 73 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 Tønder (54.9331°, 8.8667°, elevation 3 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).