Bayeux weather in February

In February, Bayeux sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Bayeux's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayeux's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 55 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 8:23 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 9th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical February day in Bayeux reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in Bayeux

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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.

Bayeux weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 4°	64	12.1	0.6	8.5	1.2
Feb	8° / 4°	55	11.3	0.6	9.8	1.4
Mar	11° / 5°	54	11.2	0.4	11.5	2.5
Apr	13° / 7°	58	11.5	0	13.4	3.6
May	16° / 10°	59	11.2	0	15.1	4.9
Jun	19° / 13°	61	10.4	0	15.9	5.9
Jul	21° / 15°	51	9.4	0	15.6	6.6
Aug	22° / 15°	63	10.2	0	14.2	6.5
Sep	19° / 13°	53	9.7	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	15° / 10°	69	12.6	0	10.5	4.3
Nov	11° / 7°	69	13.5	0	8.9	2.5
Dec	9° / 5°	79	13.4	0.4	8.1	1.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	26	27	27	27	28	27	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23
Cloudier (%)	74	73	73	73	72	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Bayeux gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	44
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	2
6	39	2
7	39	2
8	39	2
9	40	2
10	40	2
11	40	2
12	40	2
13	40	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	2
18	39	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	41	2
22	41	3
23	42	3
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	44	3
27	44	3
28	44	3

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 17 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 8:44 AM to 7:59 AM, and sunset from 5:49 PM to 6:33 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	9.6	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	10.4	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	8:44	8:43	8:42	8:40	8:39	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:33	8:31	8:30	8:28	8:27	8:25	8:23	8:21	8:20	8:18	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:07	8:05	8:03	8:01	7:59
Sunset (PM)	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:32	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	8:44	5:49
2	9.1	8:43	5:50
3	9.2	8:42	5:52
4	9.2	8:40	5:53
5	9.3	8:39	5:55
6	9.3	8:37	5:57
7	9.4	8:36	5:58
8	9.4	8:34	6:00
9	9.5	8:33	6:02
10	9.5	8:31	6:03
11	9.6	8:30	6:05
12	9.6	8:28	6:07
13	9.7	8:27	6:08
14	9.8	8:25	6:10
15	9.8	8:23	6:12
16	9.9	8:21	6:13
17	9.9	8:20	6:15
18	10.0	8:18	6:17
19	10.0	8:16	6:18
20	10.1	8:14	6:20
21	10.2	8:13	6:22
22	10.2	8:11	6:23
23	10.3	8:09	6:25
24	10.3	8:07	6:27
25	10.4	8:05	6:28
26	10.4	8:03	6:30
27	10.5	8:01	6:32
28	10.6	7:59	6:33

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.82 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)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3
Level	Dim	Dim	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

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

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Bayeux?

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

1.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bayeux.

What to pack for Bayeux in February

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

In February, Bayeux sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bayeux in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 8°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)	9	8	8	10	12	15	17	18	18	16	13	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Bayeux in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayeux peaks around June 17 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bayeux?

Bayeux sits at 49.3°N, 0.7°W, 52 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Caen, 27 km away.

Topography around Bayeux

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayeux has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m.

The land around Bayeux is covered by cropland (33%), grassland (31%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), grassland (26%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%), water (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

cropland 33%

16 km

162 m

cropland 38%

80 km

389 m

grassland 31%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

February weather nearby: Caen 27 km · Hérouville-Saint-Clair 30 km · Saint-Lô 33 km · Deauville 57 km · Flers 61 km · Le Havre 63 km · Lisieux 69 km · Montivilliers 71 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Bayeux (49.2773°, -0.7039°, elevation 52 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	8	4
2	8	4
3	8	4
4	8	4
5	8	4
6	8	4
7	8	4
8	8	4
9	8	4
10	8	4
11	8	4
12	8	4
13	8	4
14	8	4
15	8	4
16	9	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	9	4
22	9	4
23	9	4
24	9	4
25	9	4
26	9	4
27	9	4
28	9	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	2
6	39	2
7	39	2
8	39	2
9	40	2
10	40	2
11	40	2
12	40	2
13	40	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	2
18	39	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	41	2
22	41	3
23	42	3
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	44	3
27	44	3
28	44	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	2
6	39	2
7	39	2
8	39	2
9	40	2
10	40	2
11	40	2
12	40	2
13	40	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	2
18	39	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	41	2
22	41	3
23	42	3
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	44	3
27	44	3
28	44	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	31	69
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	23	77
28	23	77

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	37	2
4	38	2
5	38	2
6	39	2
7	39	2
8	39	2
9	40	2
10	40	2
11	40	2
12	40	2
13	40	2
14	39	2
15	39	2
16	39	2
17	39	2
18	39	2
19	40	2
20	40	2
21	41	2
22	41	3
23	42	3
24	43	3
25	43	3
26	44	3
27	44	3
28	44	3

	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