Passau weather in February

In February, Passau sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 3°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Passau's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Passau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 4°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:25 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.1; out of 10

Passau is main settlement of Passau in Germany.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12.4 µg/m³ · 2019

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 3°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical February day in Passau reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 5°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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Avg low (°C)	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

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

How February really feels in Passau

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.

Passau weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	67	12	6.7	8.5	0.0
Feb	4° / -2°	53	10	5.4	9.8	0.1
Mar	9° / 1°	70	12.1	3.7	11.6	1.8
Apr	15° / 5°	54	10.3	0.8	13.4	4.2
May	19° / 10°	89	13.7	0	15	5.6
Jun	22° / 13°	94	13.3	0	15.8	6.1
Jul	24° / 15°	98	13.5	0	15.5	6.5
Aug	24° / 14°	92	12.1	0	14.1	6.6
Sep	19° / 10°	73	10.9	0	12.4	5.8
Oct	13° / 6°	63	10.7	0.4	10.6	3.7
Nov	7° / 2°	57	10.5	3.1	9	0.9
Dec	3° / -1°	67	12.4	6.3	8.2	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	32	33	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	34	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	31
Cloudier (%)	68	67	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	66	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	70	70	70	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Passau gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 10 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	38
Snow chance (%)	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16

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

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 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 7:45 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 4:54 PM to 5:38 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)	9.1	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	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02
Sunset (PM)	4:54	4:56	4:57	4:59	5:01	5:02	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:09	5:10	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:18	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:45	4:54
2	9.2	7:44	4:56
3	9.2	7:43	4:57
4	9.3	7:41	4:59
5	9.3	7:40	5:01
6	9.4	7:39	5:02
7	9.4	7:37	5:04
8	9.5	7:36	5:05
9	9.5	7:34	5:07
10	9.6	7:33	5:09
11	9.6	7:31	5:10
12	9.7	7:30	5:12
13	9.8	7:28	5:14
14	9.8	7:27	5:15
15	9.9	7:25	5:17
16	9.9	7:23	5:18
17	10.0	7:22	5:20
18	10.0	7:20	5:22
19	10.1	7:18	5:23
20	10.1	7:16	5:25
21	10.2	7:15	5:26
22	10.3	7:13	5:28
23	10.3	7:11	5:30
24	10.4	7:09	5:31
25	10.4	7:07	5:33
26	10.5	7:05	5:35
27	10.5	7:04	5:36
28	10.6	7:02	5:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.94 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)	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.6	Dim
4	1.6	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.7	Dim
7	1.7	Dim
8	1.7	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.8	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	2.0	Dim
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Passau?

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

0.1

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 Passau.

What to pack for Passau in February

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

In February, Passau sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Passau 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 Passau peaks around July 12 at about 8 (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	8	8	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	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	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Passau in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Passau is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Passau's WHO annual average of 12.4 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	11	14	15	14	15	14	13	12	10	9	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Passau?

Passau sits at 48.6°N, 13.4°E, 366 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Vilshofen, 19 km away.

Topography around Passau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Passau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 365 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,194 m.

The land around Passau is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (42%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

184 m

trees 53%

16 km

430 m

trees 42%

80 km

1,194 m

trees 46%

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

February weather nearby: Vilshofen 19 km · Deggendorf 46 km · Burghausen 63 km · Wels 63 km · Linz 69 km · Dingolfing 70 km · Cesky Krumlov 70 km · Traun 71 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

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 Passau (48.5665°, 13.4312°, elevation 366 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	3	-3
2	3	-3
3	3	-3
4	3	-3
5	3	-2
6	3	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	5	-2
18	5	-2
19	5	-2
20	5	-1
21	5	-1
22	5	-1
23	6	-1
24	6	-1
25	6	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

	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	3	-3
2	3	-3
3	3	-3
4	3	-3
5	3	-2
6	3	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	5	-2
18	5	-2
19	5	-2
20	5	-1
21	5	-1
22	5	-1
23	6	-1
24	6	-1
25	6	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

	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	3	-3
2	3	-3
3	3	-3
4	3	-3
5	3	-2
6	3	-2
7	4	-2
8	4	-2
9	4	-2
10	4	-2
11	4	-2
12	4	-2
13	4	-2
14	4	-2
15	4	-2
16	4	-2
17	5	-2
18	5	-2
19	5	-2
20	5	-1
21	5	-1
22	5	-1
23	6	-1
24	6	-1
25	6	-1
26	6	-1
27	6	-1
28	6	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	34	66
6	34	66
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

	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