Kos weather in February

In February, Kos sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 126 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 126 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:08 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 10th clearest
Wind: 26 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Kos is city on the homonymous island in Aegean Sea, Greece.

Density: 286/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 14°C through the month.

A typical February day in Kos reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 16°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Kos weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-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	14° / 12°	173	12.3	9.8	4.1
Feb	14° / 12°	126	11.5	10.6	4.0
Mar	15° / 13°	78	8.3	11.7	5.0
Apr	17° / 15°	39	5.8	12.9	6.3
May	20° / 18°	16	3.1	13.9	8.0
Jun	24° / 22°	2	0.4	14.5	9.5
Jul	26° / 24°	0	0.1	14.3	9.6
Aug	26° / 24°	0	0	13.4	9.4
Sep	24° / 23°	16	1.8	12.3	9.3
Oct	22° / 20°	62	4.9	11	8.0
Nov	19° / 17°	120	8.9	10	6.5
Dec	16° / 14°	190	12.8	9.5	4.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kos gets around 126 mm of rain over 11.5 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	39	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34

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 96% 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 (%)	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	93
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7

Wind in February

Winds average 26 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 27 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 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 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:57 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52
Sunset (PM)	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	7:20	5:28
2	10.2	7:20	5:29
3	10.2	7:19	5:31
4	10.2	7:18	5:32
5	10.3	7:17	5:33
6	10.3	7:16	5:34
7	10.3	7:15	5:35
8	10.4	7:15	5:36
9	10.4	7:14	5:37
10	10.4	7:13	5:38
11	10.5	7:12	5:39
12	10.5	7:11	5:40
13	10.5	7:10	5:41
14	10.6	7:09	5:42
15	10.6	7:08	5:43
16	10.6	7:07	5:44
17	10.7	7:05	5:45
18	10.7	7:04	5:46
19	10.7	7:03	5:47
20	10.8	7:02	5:48
21	10.8	7:01	5:49
22	10.8	7:00	5:51
23	10.9	6:58	5:52
24	10.9	6:57	5:53
25	11.0	6:56	5:54
26	11.0	6:55	5:55
27	11.0	6:53	5:56
28	11.1	6:52	5:57

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.47 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)	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	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kos

In seasonPeak

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

Kos's rainy season runs November–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kos?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kos for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kos in February

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

In February, Kos sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Kos in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 25°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 23 to Nov 28 — about 6.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	17	19	22	24	25	24	23	21	19
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	19	Cool

UV index in Kos 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 Kos peaks around June 22 at about 9 (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	4	8	8	10	9	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kos?

Kos sits at 36.9°N, 27.3°E, 10 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Turgutreis, 14 km away.

Topography around Kos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 830 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,389 m.

The land around Kos is covered by water (37%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, water (74%) within 16 km, and water (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

water 37%

16 km

830 m

water 74%

80 km

1,389 m

water 74%

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

February weather nearby: Turgutreis 14 km · Bodrum 20 km · Didim 55 km · Milas 64 km · Marmaris 88 km · Yatağan 91 km · Söke 96 km · Rhodes 98 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 Kos (36.8929°, 27.2877°, elevation 10 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	14	12
2	14	12
3	14	12
4	14	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	12
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	12
19	14	12
20	14	12
21	14	12
22	14	12
23	14	12
24	14	12
25	14	12
26	14	12
27	14	12
28	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	64	36
17	64	36
18	65	35
19	65	35
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	44
7	44
8	44
9	44
10	44
11	44
12	44
13	43
14	43
15	42
16	42
17	41
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	35
26	35
27	34
28	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	96	4
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7