Les Herbiers weather in February

In February, Les Herbiers sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Les Herbiers's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Les Herbiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 63 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:19 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.0; out of 10

Les Herbiers is human settlement in France.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical February day in Les Herbiers reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 3°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Les Herbiers

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.

Les Herbiers weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 3°	79	11.9	0.6	8.8	1.5
Feb	10° / 3°	63	10	0.6	10	2.0
Mar	13° / 5°	58	10.5	0.1	11.6	3.4
Apr	15° / 6°	62	11.1	0	13.3	4.5
May	19° / 10°	69	11.3	0	14.8	5.8
Jun	22° / 13°	50	9.3	0	15.6	6.7
Jul	25° / 14°	41	7.6	0	15.3	7.3
Aug	25° / 14°	46	7.7	0	14	7.3
Sep	22° / 12°	54	7.9	0	12.4	6.8
Oct	17° / 9°	79	11.7	0	10.6	5.1
Nov	12° / 6°	80	12.2	0	9.2	2.9
Dec	9° / 4°	86	11.9	0.1	8.4	1.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 66%.

	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 (%)	30	31	31	32	32	33	35	35	35	35	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	32	31	31	31
Cloudier (%)	70	69	69	68	68	67	65	65	65	65	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Les Herbiers gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	35	2
4	35	2
5	35	2
6	36	2
7	36	2
8	36	2
9	36	2
10	36	2
11	36	2
12	36	2
13	36	2
14	36	2
15	35	2
16	35	2
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	35	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	36	2
23	37	2
24	37	2
25	38	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2

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 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:38 AM to 7:57 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:38 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)	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	8:38	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:31	8:29	8:28	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:22	8:21	8:19	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:11	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:57
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:29	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.3	8:38	5:57
2	9.4	8:37	5:59
3	9.4	8:36	6:00
4	9.5	8:34	6:02
5	9.5	8:33	6:03
6	9.5	8:32	6:05
7	9.6	8:31	6:06
8	9.6	8:29	6:08
9	9.7	8:28	6:09
10	9.7	8:26	6:11
11	9.8	8:25	6:12
12	9.8	8:24	6:14
13	9.9	8:22	6:15
14	9.9	8:21	6:17
15	10.0	8:19	6:18
16	10.0	8:17	6:20
17	10.1	8:16	6:21
18	10.1	8:14	6:23
19	10.2	8:13	6:24
20	10.2	8:11	6:26
21	10.3	8:09	6:27
22	10.4	8:08	6:29
23	10.4	8:06	6:30
24	10.5	8:04	6:32
25	10.5	8:02	6:33
26	10.6	8:01	6:35
27	10.6	7:59	6:36
28	10.7	7:57	6:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 2.09 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)	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.6	Dim
2	1.7	Dim
3	1.7	Dim
4	1.7	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	2.0	Dim
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Les Herbiers?

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

2.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Les Herbiers.

What to pack for Les Herbiers in February

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

In February, Les Herbiers sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Les Herbiers in February

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 20°C and coldest in February near 10°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)	10	10	10	12	15	17	19	20	18	17	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	15	Bracing
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	20	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Les Herbiers 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 Les Herbiers peaks around July 20 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Les Herbiers?

Les Herbiers sits at 46.9°N, 1.0°W, 108 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Cholet, 23 km away.

Topography around Les Herbiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Les Herbiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 127 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Les Herbiers is covered by grassland (40%), artificial surfaces (21%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

151 m

grassland 40%

16 km

271 m

cropland 42%

80 km

339 m

cropland 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

February weather nearby: Cholet 23 km · La Roche-sur-Yon 39 km · Bressuire 40 km · Fontenay-le-Comte 48 km · Vertou 48 km · Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 53 km · Rezé 55 km · Nantes 56 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 Les Herbiers (46.871°, -1.0156°, elevation 108 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	9	2
2	9	2
3	9	2
4	9	2
5	9	2
6	9	2
7	9	2
8	9	2
9	9	2
10	9	2
11	9	2
12	9	3
13	9	3
14	10	3
15	10	3
16	10	3
17	10	3
18	10	3
19	10	3
20	10	3
21	10	3
22	10	3
23	10	3
24	10	3
25	10	3
26	10	3
27	11	3
28	11	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	35	2
4	35	2
5	35	2
6	36	2
7	36	2
8	36	2
9	36	2
10	36	2
11	36	2
12	36	2
13	36	2
14	36	2
15	35	2
16	35	2
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	35	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	36	2
23	37	2
24	37	2
25	38	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	35	2
4	35	2
5	35	2
6	36	2
7	36	2
8	36	2
9	36	2
10	36	2
11	36	2
12	36	2
13	36	2
14	36	2
15	35	2
16	35	2
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	35	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	36	2
23	37	2
24	37	2
25	38	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	2
2	34	2
3	35	2
4	35	2
5	35	2
6	36	2
7	36	2
8	36	2
9	36	2
10	36	2
11	36	2
12	36	2
13	36	2
14	36	2
15	35	2
16	35	2
17	35	2
18	35	2
19	35	2
20	35	2
21	36	2
22	36	2
23	37	2
24	37	2
25	38	2
26	39	2
27	39	2
28	39	2

	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