Chania weather in February

In February, Chania sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 133 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Chania's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chania's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 133 mm; 13.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:19 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Chania is city in Crete, Greece.

Density: 4,292/km²; people per km²

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 12°C through the month.

A typical February day in Chania reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

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

Chania weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 10°	157	14.7	9.9	3.1
Feb	12° / 10°	133	13.2	10.7	3.1
Mar	14° / 11°	86	10.2	11.7	4.0
Apr	16° / 14°	38	6	12.9	5.7
May	19° / 17°	25	4.1	13.8	7.6
Jun	23° / 21°	5	1.6	14.4	9.1
Jul	25° / 23°	3	0.7	14.2	9.5
Aug	25° / 24°	5	1.1	13.3	9.3
Sep	23° / 22°	26	3.5	12.2	8.8
Oct	20° / 19°	79	8.3	11.1	7.1
Nov	17° / 15°	110	11	10.1	5.5
Dec	14° / 12°	166	15.1	9.6	3.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	58	58	58	58	57	58	57	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	42	42	42	42	43	42	43	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Chania gets around 133 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease 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 (%)	46	46	47	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	50	50	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	42	41	40	39	38	38
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	1
2	46	1
3	47	1
4	47	1
5	47	1
6	48	1
7	49	1
8	49	1
9	50	1
10	50	1
11	50	2
12	51	2
13	50	2
14	50	2
15	50	2
16	50	2
17	49	2
18	48	2
19	47	2
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	42	2
24	41	1
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	38	1
28	38	1

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 19 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:30 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:11 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)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:30	5:44
2	10.3	7:30	5:45
3	10.3	7:29	5:46
4	10.3	7:28	5:47
5	10.3	7:28	5:48
6	10.4	7:27	5:49
7	10.4	7:26	5:50
8	10.4	7:25	5:51
9	10.5	7:24	5:52
10	10.5	7:23	5:53
11	10.5	7:22	5:54
12	10.6	7:21	5:55
13	10.6	7:21	5:56
14	10.6	7:20	5:57
15	10.7	7:19	5:58
16	10.7	7:18	5:59
17	10.7	7:16	6:00
18	10.8	7:15	6:01
19	10.8	7:14	6:02
20	10.8	7:13	6:03
21	10.9	7:12	6:04
22	10.9	7:11	6:05
23	10.9	7:10	6:06
24	11.0	7:09	6:07
25	11.0	7:07	6:08
26	11.0	7:06	6:09
27	11.1	7:05	6:10
28	11.1	7:04	6:11

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.34 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Chania

In seasonPeak

In February, Chania sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chania's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Chania sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Chania?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chania.

What to pack for Chania in February

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

In February, Chania sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer. About 13 days see rain.

rain geara warm layer

Sea temperature near Chania in February

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 26°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 26 to Nov 19 — about 5.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	17	19	22	25	26	25	23	20	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Chania in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chania peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	8	7	9	10	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Chania 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 Chania is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	14	15	15	11	9	8	10	7	8	11	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Chania?

Chania sits at 35.5°N, 24.0°E, 24 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Rethymno, 44 km away.

Topography around Chania

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chania has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,795 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,432 m.

The land around Chania is covered by water (31%), artificial surfaces (30%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, water (41%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and water (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

215 m

water 31%

16 km

1,795 m

water 41%

80 km

2,432 m

water 76%

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

February weather nearby: Rethymno 44 km · Heraklion 103 km · Oia 161 km · Fira 162 km · Paros 202 km · Naxos 214 km · Sparta 225 km · Kalamata 242 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
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 Chania (35.5112°, 24.0292°, elevation 24 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. 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	12	10
2	12	10
3	12	10
4	12	10
5	12	10
6	12	10
7	12	10
8	12	10
9	12	10
10	12	10
11	12	10
12	12	10
13	12	10
14	12	10
15	12	10
16	12	10
17	12	10
18	12	10
19	12	10
20	13	10
21	13	10
22	13	10
23	13	10
24	13	11
25	13	11
26	13	11
27	13	11
28	13	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	1
2	46	1
3	47	1
4	47	1
5	47	1
6	48	1
7	49	1
8	49	1
9	50	1
10	50	1
11	50	2
12	51	2
13	50	2
14	50	2
15	50	2
16	50	2
17	49	2
18	48	2
19	47	2
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	42	2
24	41	1
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	38	1
28	38	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	1
2	46	1
3	47	1
4	47	1
5	47	1
6	48	1
7	49	1
8	49	1
9	50	1
10	50	1
11	50	2
12	51	2
13	50	2
14	50	2
15	50	2
16	50	2
17	49	2
18	48	2
19	47	2
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	42	2
24	41	1
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	38	1
28	38	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	57	43
6	58	42
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	61	39
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	46	1
2	46	1
3	47	1
4	47	1
5	47	1
6	48	1
7	49	1
8	49	1
9	50	1
10	50	1
11	50	2
12	51	2
13	50	2
14	50	2
15	50	2
16	50	2
17	49	2
18	48	2
19	47	2
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	42	2
24	41	1
25	40	1
26	39	1
27	38	1
28	38	1

	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