Dublin weather in February

In February, Dublin sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Dublin's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dublin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
7:56 AM – 5:23 PM
Cloud cover
76%
7th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Dublin is capital and largest city of Ireland.

Founded
~841 CE

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical February day in Dublin reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How February really feels in Dublin

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.

Dublin weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6913.20.97.81.0
Feb / 5711.81.29.41.1
Mar / 5912.21.111.51.7
Apr11° / 6613.80.113.72.4
May14° / 6613.6015.63.5
Jun16° / 10°7313.2016.64.5
Jul18° / 12°7614.8016.24.9
Aug18° / 12°7813.7014.65.1
Sep16° / 10°7012.3012.44.5
Oct13° / 7812.4010.33.2
Nov10° / 8513.20.38.41.9
Dec / 7612.90.87.41.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32476
42377
52377
62476
72476
82476
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Dublin gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1413
2413
3413
4423
5423
6423
7424
8424
9424
10424
11424
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15424
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22435
23436
24436
25436
26446
27446
28446

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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3100
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Wind in February

Winds average 19 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:21 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 4:56 PM to 5:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.68:214:56
28.68:194:58
38.78:185:00
48.88:165:02
58.88:145:04
68.98:135:06
78.98:115:08
89.08:095:09
99.18:075:11
109.18:065:13
119.28:045:15
129.38:025:17
139.38:005:19
149.47:585:21
159.57:565:23
169.57:545:25
179.67:525:27
189.77:505:29
199.77:485:31
209.87:465:33
219.97:445:35
229.97:425:37
2310.07:395:39
2410.17:375:41
2510.17:355:43
2610.27:335:45
2710.37:315:47
2810.37:285:49

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.2Dim
71.2Dim
81.2Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.4Dim
131.4Dim
141.4Dim
151.4Dim
161.5Dim
171.5Dim
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241.8Dim
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261.9Dim
271.9Dim
282.0Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Dublin?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dublin.

What to pack for Dublin in February

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

In February, Dublin sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Dublin in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 15°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Dublin 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 Dublin peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Dublin?

Dublin sits at 53.3°N, 6.2°W, 17 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Rathfarnham, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Dublin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dublin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Dublin is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, grassland (29%), artificial surfaces (24%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
651 m
80 km
946 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Rathfarnham 4.0 km · Templeogue 6.0 km · Sandyford 7.0 km · Finglas 7.0 km · South Dublin 8.0 km · Dún Laoghaire 9.0 km · Donaghmede 9.0 km · Tallaght 10 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 85% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$131,592
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
96%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 69%none 15%Protestant 4%Orthodox 2%

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 Dublin (53.3331°, -6.2489°, elevation 17 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).