Friesoythe weather in February

In February, Friesoythe sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 7°C by the end. 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 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Friesoythe's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Friesoythe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
7:59 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Friesoythe is human settlement in Germany.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 7°C by the end.

A typical February day in Friesoythe reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Friesoythe

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.

Friesoythe weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6813.22.37.90.0
Feb / 5210.42.39.50.2
Mar / 5511.81.211.51.7
Apr14° / 4810.90.113.63.8
May17° / 6011.6015.55.3
Jun20° / 11°6912.6016.65.7
Jul22° / 14°8214.1016.26.0
Aug22° / 13°8013.4014.56.0
Sep18° / 11°6310.8012.45.6
Oct14° / 6212.1010.33.6
Nov / 5712.10.38.41.4
Dec / 6913.227.40.1

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
42476
52476
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82476
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112476
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Friesoythe gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23910
3399
4389
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7389
8389
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24398
25408
26408
27408
28417

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 (%)
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Wind in February

Winds average 16 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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2816light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 24 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 7:31 AM, and sunset from 5:01 PM to 5:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.68:235:01
28.78:225:03
38.78:205:05
48.88:195:06
58.98:175:08
68.98:155:10
79.08:135:12
89.08:125:14
99.18:105:16
109.28:085:18
119.28:065:20
129.38:045:22
139.48:035:24
149.48:015:26
159.57:595:28
169.57:575:30
179.67:555:31
189.77:535:33
199.77:515:35
209.87:495:37
219.97:465:39
229.97:445:41
2310.07:425:43
2410.17:405:45
2510.27:385:47
2610.27:365:49
2710.37:345:51
2810.47:315:53

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.2Dim
91.2Dim
101.2Dim
111.3Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.4Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Friesoythe?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Friesoythe.

What to pack for Friesoythe in February

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

In February, Friesoythe sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°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 Friesoythe in February

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 70 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Friesoythe 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 Friesoythe peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Friesoythe?

Friesoythe sits at 53.0°N, 7.9°E, 8 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Edewecht, 15 km away.

Topography around Friesoythe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Friesoythe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m.

The land around Friesoythe is covered by cropland (51%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (30%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
77 m
80 km
224 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
February weather nearby: Edewecht 15 km · Bad Zwischenahn 21 km · Wardenburg 23 km · Cloppenburg 23 km · Westerstede 27 km · Oldenburg 27 km · Papenburg 30 km · Rastede 34 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Friesoythe (53.0205°, 7.8588°, elevation 8 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).