Ferrara weather in February

In February, Ferrara sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ferrara's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ferrara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 7.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:24 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.1 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical February day in Ferrara reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 5°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)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Ferrara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ferrara weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 1°	41	6.8	1	9	1.6
Feb	11° / 2°	53	7.3	1.3	10.1	2.7
Mar	15° / 6°	56	7.8	0.5	11.6	5.0
Apr	19° / 9°	73	10.5	0	13.2	6.1
May	24° / 14°	76	10.5	0	14.6	6.8
Jun	29° / 18°	67	9.3	0	15.3	5.7
Jul	32° / 21°	62	8.5	0	15	4.5
Aug	31° / 20°	66	9.2	0	13.9	4.7
Sep	26° / 16°	75	8.9	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	20° / 12°	75	9	0	10.7	6.5
Nov	14° / 7°	78	9.4	0.2	9.4	3.9
Dec	9° / 2°	57	8	0.9	8.7	1.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Ferrara gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 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 26% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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

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 7 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 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 78 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:50 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)	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	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	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:04
Sunset (PM)	5:12	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:42	5:12
2	9.6	7:41	5:14
3	9.6	7:40	5:15
4	9.6	7:38	5:17
5	9.7	7:37	5:18
6	9.7	7:36	5:19
7	9.8	7:35	5:21
8	9.8	7:34	5:22
9	9.9	7:32	5:24
10	9.9	7:31	5:25
11	9.9	7:30	5:26
12	10.0	7:28	5:28
13	10.0	7:27	5:29
14	10.1	7:26	5:31
15	10.1	7:24	5:32
16	10.2	7:23	5:33
17	10.2	7:21	5:35
18	10.3	7:20	5:36
19	10.3	7:18	5:38
20	10.4	7:17	5:39
21	10.4	7:15	5:40
22	10.5	7:14	5:42
23	10.5	7:12	5:43
24	10.6	7:10	5:45
25	10.6	7:09	5:46
26	10.7	7:07	5:47
27	10.7	7:05	5:49
28	10.8	7:04	5:50

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.46 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)	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	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	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
Level	Dim	Dim	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	1.9	Dim
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Ferrara?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ferrara.

What to pack for Ferrara in February

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

In February, Ferrara sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Ferrara in February

The nearest coast averages about 9°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 64 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 27 to Oct 9 — about 4.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	10	14	19	23	26	26	23	19	15	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	19	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Ferrara in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ferrara peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 7 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Ferrara 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 Ferrara is worst in January — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ferrara's WHO annual average of 17.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	19	20	18	16	16	14	13	13	16	16	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ferrara?

Ferrara sits at 44.8°N, 11.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Cento, 29 km away.

Topography around Ferrara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ferrara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,284 m.

The land around Ferrara is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), grassland (21%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

31 m

cropland 67%

80 km

1,284 m

cropland 50%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Cento 29 km · Rovigo 29 km · Castel Maggiore 36 km · San Giovanni in Persiceto 41 km · Este 43 km · Mirandola 44 km · San Lazzaro 44 km · Bologna 44 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 Ferrara (44.838°, 11.6206°, elevation 9 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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	1
4	9	1
5	9	1
6	10	1
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	12	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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