Saint Peter Port weather in February

In February, Saint Peter Port sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 9.8 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Saint Peter Port's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint Peter Port's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 74 mm; 13.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:31 AM – 5:19 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 9th clearest
Wind: 32 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Saint Peter Port is parish, port, and capital of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Density: 2,537/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 9°C through the month.

A typical February day in Saint Peter Port reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Saint Peter Port weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	98	15.7	8.4	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	74	13.3	9.8	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	58	11.5	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	50	9.7	13.4	2.6
May	13° / 11°	45	7.9	15.1	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	42	7.5	16	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	36	6.9	15.6	5.7
Aug	17° / 16°	50	8.6	14.2	5.9
Sep	17° / 15°	57	9.4	12.4	5.5
Oct	15° / 14°	107	15	10.5	4.1
Nov	13° / 11°	121	17.7	8.9	2.8
Dec	11° / 9°	121	17	8	2.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 69%.

	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 (%)	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	29	30	31	31	33	33	33	34	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	33
Cloudier (%)	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	71	70	69	69	67	67	67	66	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Saint Peter Port gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	50

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

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 32 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 32 km/h on the calmest days to 33 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	33	windy
2	33	windy
3	33	windy
4	33	windy
5	33	windy
6	33	windy
7	33	windy
8	32	windy
9	32	windy
10	32	windy
11	32	windy
12	32	windy
13	32	windy
14	32	windy
15	32	windy
16	32	windy
17	32	windy
18	32	windy
19	32	windy
20	32	windy
21	32	windy
22	32	windy
23	32	windy
24	32	windy
25	32	windy
26	32	windy
27	32	windy
28	32	windy

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 7:52 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 5:40 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	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:09	7:07
Sunset (PM)	4:55	4:57	4:58	5:00	5:02	5:03	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:29	5:30	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:52	4:55
2	9.1	7:51	4:57
3	9.2	7:49	4:58
4	9.2	7:48	5:00
5	9.3	7:47	5:02
6	9.3	7:45	5:03
7	9.4	7:44	5:05
8	9.4	7:42	5:07
9	9.5	7:41	5:08
10	9.5	7:39	5:10
11	9.6	7:38	5:12
12	9.6	7:36	5:13
13	9.7	7:34	5:15
14	9.7	7:33	5:17
15	9.8	7:31	5:19
16	9.8	7:29	5:20
17	9.9	7:27	5:22
18	10.0	7:26	5:24
19	10.0	7:24	5:25
20	10.1	7:22	5:27
21	10.1	7:20	5:29
22	10.2	7:18	5:30
23	10.3	7:17	5:32
24	10.3	7:15	5:34
25	10.4	7:13	5:35
26	10.4	7:11	5:37
27	10.5	7:09	5:39
28	10.6	7:07	5:40

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.81 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)	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.3	Dim
2	1.4	Dim
3	1.4	Dim
4	1.4	Dim
5	1.5	Dim
6	1.5	Dim
7	1.5	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.8	Dim
14	1.8	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	2.0	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Saint Peter Port

In seasonPeak

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

Saint Peter Port's rainy season runs September–March, 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 Saint Peter Port?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saint Peter Port.

What to pack for Saint Peter Port in February

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

In February, Saint Peter Port sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Saint Peter Port 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 offshore is warmest in September at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°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	9	10	12	14	16	17	17	16	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Saint Peter Port 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 Saint Peter Port peaks around August 12 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Saint Peter Port?

Saint Peter Port sits at 49.5°N, 2.5°W, 10 m above sea level, in Guernsey. The nearest listed city is Saint Helier, 43 km away.

Topography around Saint Peter Port

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint Peter Port has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Saint Peter Port is covered by water (41%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, water (91%) within 16 km, and water (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

105 m

water 41%

16 km

108 m

water 91%

80 km

191 m

water 88%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← January Saint Peter Port year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Saint Helier 43 km · Octeville 67 km · Équeurdreville-Hainneville 67 km · Cherbourg 69 km · Tourlaville 73 km · Saint-Malo 98 km · Lannion 105 km · Saint-Brieuc 106 km

Guernsey travel facts

Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz

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 Saint Peter Port (49.4598°, -2.5353°, 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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	7
13	9	7
14	9	7
15	9	7
16	9	7
17	9	7
18	9	7
19	9	7
20	9	7
21	9	7
22	9	7
23	9	7
24	9	7
25	9	7
26	9	7
27	9	7
28	9	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	33	67

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

	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