Trieste weather in February

In February, Trieste sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Trieste's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Trieste's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 97 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:17 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.1; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12 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 6°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical February day in Trieste reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Trieste

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 26 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.

Trieste weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / 2°	90	9.5	2.7	8.9	0.5
Feb	7° / 2°	97	8.6	2.9	10.1	1.1
Mar	11° / 5°	101	9.7	1.6	11.6	2.7
Apr	15° / 8°	110	12.1	0.5	13.3	4.2
May	19° / 13°	122	13	0	14.7	5.8
Jun	23° / 17°	111	12.2	0	15.4	6.7
Jul	26° / 19°	87	10.7	0	15.1	7.0
Aug	26° / 19°	111	10.3	0	13.9	7.0
Sep	21° / 15°	170	11.4	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	16° / 11°	184	13	0.1	10.7	4.8
Nov	11° / 7°	195	13.2	1.1	9.3	2.5
Dec	7° / 3°	129	10.1	2.1	8.6	0.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 52%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Trieste gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 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 34% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring 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 (%)	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	30	11
3	31	11
4	31	11
5	31	11
6	31	11
7	31	11
8	31	10
9	31	10
10	31	10
11	30	10
12	30	9
13	30	9
14	29	9
15	29	9
16	29	9
17	29	9
18	29	10
19	29	10
20	30	10
21	30	10
22	31	10
23	32	10
24	32	10
25	33	10
26	34	10
27	34	10
28	34	10

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 11 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 42 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 7:35 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 5:02 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)	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	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
Sunrise (AM)	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:09	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:35	5:02
2	9.5	7:34	5:03
3	9.5	7:33	5:04
4	9.6	7:32	5:06
5	9.6	7:31	5:07
6	9.7	7:29	5:09
7	9.7	7:28	5:10
8	9.7	7:27	5:12
9	9.8	7:26	5:13
10	9.8	7:24	5:14
11	9.9	7:23	5:16
12	9.9	7:22	5:17
13	10.0	7:20	5:19
14	10.0	7:19	5:20
15	10.1	7:17	5:22
16	10.1	7:16	5:23
17	10.2	7:14	5:25
18	10.2	7:13	5:26
19	10.3	7:11	5:28
20	10.3	7:10	5:29
21	10.4	7:08	5:30
22	10.4	7:06	5:32
23	10.5	7:05	5:33
24	10.5	7:03	5:35
25	10.6	7:01	5:36
26	10.6	7:00	5:38
27	10.7	6:58	5:39
28	10.7	6:56	5:40

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.26 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)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.9	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	2.0	Dim
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.3	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Trieste?

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

1.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Trieste.

What to pack for Trieste in February

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

In February, Trieste sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Trieste 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 August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 10°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 31 to Oct 9 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	11	10	10	13	18	23	25	25	23	19	16	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	11	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	13	Bracing
May	18	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Trieste 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 Trieste peaks around July 15 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	4	7	7	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	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	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 Trieste 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 Trieste is worst in January — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Trieste's WHO annual average of 12 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	14	14	13	11	12	12	10	9	10	10	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Trieste?

Trieste sits at 45.6°N, 13.8°E, 2 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Koper, 12 km away.

Topography around Trieste

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Trieste has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 451 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 779 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,524 m.

The land around Trieste is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), trees (31%) and water (27%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (32%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

451 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

779 m

trees 50%

80 km

2,524 m

trees 52%

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

February weather nearby: Koper 12 km · Divača 16 km · Piran 21 km · Monfalcone 26 km · Gorizia 35 km · Nova Gorica 36 km · Postojna 37 km · Udine 63 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 Trieste (45.6495°, 13.7768°, elevation 2 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	6	2
2	6	2
3	6	2
4	6	2
5	7	2
6	7	2
7	7	2
8	7	2
9	7	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	7	2
13	7	2
14	7	2
15	7	2
16	7	2
17	7	2
18	8	2
19	8	2
20	8	2
21	8	2
22	8	2
23	8	3
24	8	3
25	8	3
26	8	3
27	9	3
28	9	3

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	30	11
3	31	11
4	31	11
5	31	11
6	31	11
7	31	11
8	31	10
9	31	10
10	31	10
11	30	10
12	30	9
13	30	9
14	29	9
15	29	9
16	29	9
17	29	9
18	29	10
19	29	10
20	30	10
21	30	10
22	31	10
23	32	10
24	32	10
25	33	10
26	34	10
27	34	10
28	34	10

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	30	11
3	31	11
4	31	11
5	31	11
6	31	11
7	31	11
8	31	10
9	31	10
10	31	10
11	30	10
12	30	9
13	30	9
14	29	9
15	29	9
16	29	9
17	29	9
18	29	10
19	29	10
20	30	10
21	30	10
22	31	10
23	32	10
24	32	10
25	33	10
26	34	10
27	34	10
28	34	10

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

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	11
2	30	11
3	31	11
4	31	11
5	31	11
6	31	11
7	31	11
8	31	10
9	31	10
10	31	10
11	30	10
12	30	9
13	30	9
14	29	9
15	29	9
16	29	9
17	29	9
18	29	10
19	29	10
20	30	10
21	30	10
22	31	10
23	32	10
24	32	10
25	33	10
26	34	10
27	34	10
28	34	10

	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