Tórshavn weather in February

In February, Tórshavn sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 95 mm of precipitation across 16.7 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 8% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of February to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Tórshavn's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tórshavn's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 6°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 95 mm; 16.7 wet days
Daylight: 8 h 24 min; 8:31 AM – 4:53 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 5th clearest
Wind: 34 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 0.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.2; out of 10

Tórshavn is capital of the Faroe Islands.

Density: 113/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~901 CE

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 Tórshavn reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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	5	5	5	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	3
2	6	3
3	6	3
4	6	3
5	6	3
6	6	3
7	6	3
8	6	3
9	6	3
10	6	3
11	6	3
12	6	3
13	6	3
14	6	3
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	5	3
24	5	3
25	5	3
26	5	3
27	5	3
28	5	3

How February really feels in Tórshavn

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Tórshavn weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 4°	122	19.6	2.9	5.8	0.3
Feb	6° / 3°	95	16.7	3.4	8.3	0.2
Mar	6° / 3°	93	17.9	2.8	11.3	0.2
Apr	6° / 4°	67	13.9	1.3	14.3	0.5
May	8° / 6°	54	11.8	0.2	17.2	1.1
Jun	9° / 8°	46	8.9	0	19.1	1.8
Jul	11° / 9°	53	11.4	0	18.3	2.3
Aug	11° / 10°	68	11.9	0	15.7	2.6
Sep	11° / 9°	94	15	0	12.6	2.1
Oct	9° / 7°	117	18.2	0.1	9.6	1.4
Nov	7° / 5°	119	19.2	1.2	6.7	0.8
Dec	6° / 4°	125	19.1	3	4.9	0.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	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 (%)	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Tórshavn gets around 95 mm of rain and snow over 16.7 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 59% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	58
Snow chance (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	59	13
2	59	13
3	59	13
4	59	13
5	60	13
6	60	13
7	60	12
8	60	12
9	60	11
10	61	11
11	61	11
12	60	11
13	60	11
14	60	11
15	60	11
16	60	11
17	60	11
18	60	11
19	59	11
20	59	12
21	59	12
22	58	12
23	58	13
24	58	13
25	57	13
26	57	13
27	57	13
28	58	13

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 34 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 33 km/h on the calmest days to 34 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)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	34	windy
2	34	windy
3	34	windy
4	34	windy
5	34	windy
6	34	windy
7	34	windy
8	33	windy
9	33	windy
10	33	windy
11	33	windy
12	33	windy
13	33	windy
14	33	windy
15	33	windy
16	33	windy
17	33	windy
18	33	windy
19	33	windy
20	33	windy
21	33	windy
22	33	windy
23	33	windy
24	33	windy
25	33	windy
26	33	windy
27	33	windy
28	33	windy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of February to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 162 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 9:10 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 4:12 PM to 5:30 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)	7.0	7.1	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.8	8.9	9.0	9.1	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.6	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	9:10	9:07	9:04	9:02	8:59	8:56	8:54	8:51	8:48	8:45	8:42	8:40	8:37	8:34	8:31	8:28	8:25	8:22	8:19	8:16	8:13	8:10	8:07	8:04	8:00	7:57	7:54	7:51
Sunset (PM)	4:12	4:14	4:17	4:20	4:23	4:26	4:29	4:32	4:35	4:38	4:41	4:44	4:47	4:50	4:53	4:55	4:58	5:01	5:04	5:07	5:10	5:13	5:16	5:19	5:21	5:24	5:27	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	7.0	9:10	4:12
2	7.1	9:07	4:14
3	7.2	9:04	4:17
4	7.3	9:02	4:20
5	7.4	8:59	4:23
6	7.5	8:56	4:26
7	7.6	8:54	4:29
8	7.7	8:51	4:32
9	7.8	8:48	4:35
10	7.9	8:45	4:38
11	8.0	8:42	4:41
12	8.1	8:40	4:44
13	8.2	8:37	4:47
14	8.3	8:34	4:50
15	8.4	8:31	4:53
16	8.5	8:28	4:55
17	8.6	8:25	4:58
18	8.7	8:22	5:01
19	8.8	8:19	5:04
20	8.9	8:16	5:07
21	9.0	8:13	5:10
22	9.1	8:10	5:13
23	9.2	8:07	5:16
24	9.3	8:04	5:19
25	9.4	8:00	5:21
26	9.5	7:57	5:24
27	9.6	7:54	5:27
28	9.7	7:51	5:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 0.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.11 kWh/m² to a high of 4.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 0.77 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)	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	0.4	Dim
2	0.5	Dim
3	0.5	Dim
4	0.5	Dim
5	0.5	Dim
6	0.5	Dim
7	0.6	Dim
8	0.6	Dim
9	0.6	Dim
10	0.6	Dim
11	0.7	Dim
12	0.7	Dim
13	0.7	Dim
14	0.7	Dim
15	0.8	Dim
16	0.8	Dim
17	0.8	Dim
18	0.9	Dim
19	0.9	Dim
20	0.9	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.1	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.2	Dim
27	1.2	Dim
28	1.2	Dim

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Tórshavn?

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

0.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tórshavn.

What to pack for Tórshavn in February

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

In February, Tórshavn sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreakera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Tórshavn 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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 10°C and coldest in February 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	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	8
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

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

UV index in Tórshavn in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tórshavn peaks around July 14 at about 5 (moderate) — 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 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	5	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Tórshavn?

Tórshavn sits at 62.0°N, 6.8°W, 1 m above sea level, in Faroe Islands. The nearest listed city is Isle of Lewis, 422 km away.

Topography around Tórshavn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tórshavn has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 887 m.

The land around Tórshavn is covered by grassland (42%) and water (39%) within 3 km, water (70%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

345 m

grassland 42%

16 km

765 m

water 70%

80 km

887 m

water 87%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Isle of Lewis 422 km · Elgin 522 km · Inverness 524 km · Peterhead 573 km · Fort William 585 km · Aberdeen 601 km · Nigg 604 km · Vik 642 km

Faroe Islands travel facts

Power plugs: Type C / E / F / K; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 94% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $74,175; 2024
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 Tórshavn (62.0097°, -6.7716°, elevation 1 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	3
2	6	3
3	6	3
4	6	3
5	6	3
6	6	3
7	6	3
8	6	3
9	6	3
10	6	3
11	6	3
12	6	3
13	6	3
14	6	3
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	5	3
24	5	3
25	5	3
26	5	3
27	5	3
28	5	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	59	13
2	59	13
3	59	13
4	59	13
5	60	13
6	60	13
7	60	12
8	60	12
9	60	11
10	61	11
11	61	11
12	60	11
13	60	11
14	60	11
15	60	11
16	60	11
17	60	11
18	60	11
19	59	11
20	59	12
21	59	12
22	58	12
23	58	13
24	58	13
25	57	13
26	57	13
27	57	13
28	58	13

	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	0.4	Dim
2	0.5	Dim
3	0.5	Dim
4	0.5	Dim
5	0.5	Dim
6	0.5	Dim
7	0.6	Dim
8	0.6	Dim
9	0.6	Dim
10	0.6	Dim
11	0.7	Dim
12	0.7	Dim
13	0.7	Dim
14	0.7	Dim
15	0.8	Dim
16	0.8	Dim
17	0.8	Dim
18	0.9	Dim
19	0.9	Dim
20	0.9	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.1	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.2	Dim
27	1.2	Dim
28	1.2	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	3
2	6	3
3	6	3
4	6	3
5	6	3
6	6	3
7	6	3
8	6	3
9	6	3
10	6	3
11	6	3
12	6	3
13	6	3
14	6	3
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	5	3
24	5	3
25	5	3
26	5	3
27	5	3
28	5	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	59	13
2	59	13
3	59	13
4	59	13
5	60	13
6	60	13
7	60	12
8	60	12
9	60	11
10	61	11
11	61	11
12	60	11
13	60	11
14	60	11
15	60	11
16	60	11
17	60	11
18	60	11
19	59	11
20	59	12
21	59	12
22	58	12
23	58	13
24	58	13
25	57	13
26	57	13
27	57	13
28	58	13

	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	0.4	Dim
2	0.5	Dim
3	0.5	Dim
4	0.5	Dim
5	0.5	Dim
6	0.5	Dim
7	0.6	Dim
8	0.6	Dim
9	0.6	Dim
10	0.6	Dim
11	0.7	Dim
12	0.7	Dim
13	0.7	Dim
14	0.7	Dim
15	0.8	Dim
16	0.8	Dim
17	0.8	Dim
18	0.9	Dim
19	0.9	Dim
20	0.9	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.1	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.2	Dim
27	1.2	Dim
28	1.2	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	6	3
2	6	3
3	6	3
4	6	3
5	6	3
6	6	3
7	6	3
8	6	3
9	6	3
10	6	3
11	6	3
12	6	3
13	6	3
14	6	3
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	5	3
24	5	3
25	5	3
26	5	3
27	5	3
28	5	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	59	13
2	59	13
3	59	13
4	59	13
5	60	13
6	60	13
7	60	12
8	60	12
9	60	11
10	61	11
11	61	11
12	60	11
13	60	11
14	60	11
15	60	11
16	60	11
17	60	11
18	60	11
19	59	11
20	59	12
21	59	12
22	58	12
23	58	13
24	58	13
25	57	13
26	57	13
27	57	13
28	58	13

	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	0.4	Dim
2	0.5	Dim
3	0.5	Dim
4	0.5	Dim
5	0.5	Dim
6	0.5	Dim
7	0.6	Dim
8	0.6	Dim
9	0.6	Dim
10	0.6	Dim
11	0.7	Dim
12	0.7	Dim
13	0.7	Dim
14	0.7	Dim
15	0.8	Dim
16	0.8	Dim
17	0.8	Dim
18	0.9	Dim
19	0.9	Dim
20	0.9	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.1	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.2	Dim
27	1.2	Dim
28	1.2	Dim