Ancona weather in February

In February, Ancona sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°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 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ancona's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ancona's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:14 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 13.8 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical February day in Ancona reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°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)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

Ancona weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 5°	50	8.8	0.5	9.1	2.5
Feb	11° / 5°	53	8.7	0.6	10.2	2.8
Mar	14° / 7°	63	8.4	0.2	11.6	4.3
Apr	17° / 10°	62	9.5	0	13.2	5.6
May	22° / 15°	57	8.3	0	14.5	7.1
Jun	27° / 19°	38	6.2	0	15.2	7.5
Jul	29° / 21°	28	4.5	0	14.9	6.7
Aug	29° / 21°	41	5.8	0	13.8	6.6
Sep	25° / 18°	60	7.8	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	20° / 14°	59	8.1	0	10.8	6.7
Nov	15° / 10°	71	10.5	0.1	9.5	4.6
Dec	11° / 6°	67	10.1	0.2	8.8	2.9

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 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	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 (%)	49	50	51	51	51	52	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	54	54	55	54	54	54	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	51	50	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	46	46	45	46	46	46	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Ancona gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 31% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	32	32
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	30	3
5	30	3
6	30	3
7	30	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	30	2
11	30	2
12	30	2
13	30	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	31	2
17	31	2
18	31	2
19	31	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	32	2
23	32	2
24	32	2
25	33	2
26	33	2
27	32	1
28	32	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 12 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:44 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)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:31	5:08
2	9.7	7:30	5:09
3	9.7	7:29	5:11
4	9.7	7:28	5:12
5	9.8	7:27	5:13
6	9.8	7:26	5:15
7	9.9	7:24	5:16
8	9.9	7:23	5:17
9	9.9	7:22	5:19
10	10.0	7:21	5:20
11	10.0	7:20	5:21
12	10.1	7:18	5:23
13	10.1	7:17	5:24
14	10.2	7:16	5:26
15	10.2	7:14	5:27
16	10.3	7:13	5:28
17	10.3	7:11	5:30
18	10.3	7:10	5:31
19	10.4	7:09	5:32
20	10.4	7:07	5:34
21	10.5	7:06	5:35
22	10.5	7:04	5:36
23	10.6	7:03	5:38
24	10.6	7:01	5:39
25	10.7	6:59	5:40
26	10.7	6:58	5:42
27	10.8	6:56	5:43
28	10.8	6:55	5:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.64 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)	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2
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	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Ancona?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ancona.

What to pack for Ancona in February

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

In February, Ancona sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ancona in February

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 26°C and coldest in March near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 1 to Oct 11 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	13	12	12	14	18	22	25	26	23	20	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	13	Bracing
Feb	12	Bracing
Mar	12	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Bracing

UV index in Ancona in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ancona peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	6	7	8	9	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Ancona 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 Ancona is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ancona's WHO annual average of 13.8 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	16	18	17	15	14	12	12	11	13	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ancona?

Ancona sits at 43.6°N, 13.5°E, 16 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Falconara Marittima, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Ancona

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ancona has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,281 m.

The land around Ancona is covered by water (31%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (56%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (37%), trees (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

252 m

water 31%

16 km

571 m

water 56%

80 km

2,281 m

water 37%

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

February weather nearby: Falconara Marittima 9.0 km · Osimo 14 km · Jesi 24 km · Senigallia 27 km · Macerata 35 km · Civitanova Marche 38 km · Porto Sant'Elpidio 44 km · Fano 47 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
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 Ancona (43.6072°, 13.5103°, elevation 16 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	10	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	11	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	30	3
5	30	3
6	30	3
7	30	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	30	2
11	30	2
12	30	2
13	30	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	31	2
17	31	2
18	31	2
19	31	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	32	2
23	32	2
24	32	2
25	33	2
26	33	2
27	32	1
28	32	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	10	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	11	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	30	3
5	30	3
6	30	3
7	30	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	30	2
11	30	2
12	30	2
13	30	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	31	2
17	31	2
18	31	2
19	31	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	32	2
23	32	2
24	32	2
25	33	2
26	33	2
27	32	1
28	32	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	10	5
2	10	5
3	10	5
4	11	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	12	5
24	12	5
25	12	5
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	29	3
2	29	3
3	29	3
4	30	3
5	30	3
6	30	3
7	30	3
8	30	2
9	30	2
10	30	2
11	30	2
12	30	2
13	30	2
14	30	2
15	30	2
16	31	2
17	31	2
18	31	2
19	31	2
20	32	2
21	32	2
22	32	2
23	32	2
24	32	2
25	33	2
26	33	2
27	32	1
28	32	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