Saint Helier weather in February

In February, Saint Helier sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 12.9 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 16% 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 Helier's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saint Helier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 81 mm; 12.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:29 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 9th clearest
Wind: 29 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.4; out of 10

Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes and capital of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

Density: 2,642/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 Helier 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 about 1°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	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	9	6
5	9	6
6	9	6
7	9	6
8	9	6
9	9	6
10	9	6
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 Helier 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	9° / 7°	110	15.8	8.5	1.5
Feb	9° / 7°	81	12.9	9.8	1.4
Mar	9° / 8°	69	12.4	11.6	1.9
Apr	11° / 9°	57	10.5	13.4	2.7
May	13° / 11°	53	9.4	15	3.8
Jun	16° / 14°	50	8.7	15.9	5.0
Jul	18° / 16°	48	9.1	15.6	6.0
Aug	18° / 17°	63	9.8	14.2	6.1
Sep	17° / 16°	77	11	12.4	5.5
Oct	15° / 13°	122	15.5	10.5	4.0
Nov	12° / 10°	132	17.6	8.9	2.7
Dec	10° / 8°	138	16.7	8.1	1.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	28	28	30	30	30	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	72	72	70	70	70	68	68	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Saint Helier gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 46% and peaks near 49% 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	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	48	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	48
26	48
27	48
28	49

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 29 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 28 km/h on the calmest days to 29 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	29	windy
2	29	windy
3	29	windy
4	29	windy
5	29	windy
6	29	windy
7	29	windy
8	29	breezy
9	29	breezy
10	29	breezy
11	29	breezy
12	29	breezy
13	29	breezy
14	29	breezy
15	28	breezy
16	28	breezy
17	28	breezy
18	28	breezy
19	28	breezy
20	28	breezy
21	28	breezy
22	28	breezy
23	28	breezy
24	29	breezy
25	29	breezy
26	29	breezy
27	28	breezy
28	28	breezy

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 7:49 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 4:54 PM to 5:39 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	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:05
Sunset (PM)	4:54	4:56	4:58	4:59	5:01	5:03	5:04	5:06	5:07	5:09	5:11	5:12	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:36	5:37	5:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:49	4:54
2	9.1	7:48	4:56
3	9.2	7:47	4:58
4	9.2	7:45	4:59
5	9.3	7:44	5:01
6	9.3	7:43	5:03
7	9.4	7:41	5:04
8	9.4	7:40	5:06
9	9.5	7:38	5:07
10	9.5	7:37	5:09
11	9.6	7:35	5:11
12	9.6	7:34	5:12
13	9.7	7:32	5:14
14	9.8	7:30	5:16
15	9.8	7:29	5:17
16	9.9	7:27	5:19
17	9.9	7:25	5:21
18	10.0	7:23	5:22
19	10.0	7:22	5:24
20	10.1	7:20	5:26
21	10.2	7:18	5:27
22	10.2	7:16	5:29
23	10.3	7:14	5:31
24	10.3	7:12	5:32
25	10.4	7:11	5:34
26	10.5	7:09	5:36
27	10.5	7:07	5:37
28	10.6	7:05	5:39

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.85 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)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.7	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	2.3	2.4
Level	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	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Saint Helier

In seasonPeak

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

Saint Helier's rainy season runs August–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 Helier?

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

1.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Saint Helier.

What to pack for Saint Helier in February

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

In February, Saint Helier 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 Helier 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February 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	9	9	10	12	15	17	18	18	16	14	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	18	Cool
Sep	18	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Saint Helier 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 Saint Helier peaks around August 13 at about 7 (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	2	3	5	6	7	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	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Saint Helier?

Saint Helier sits at 49.2°N, 2.1°W, 11 m above sea level, in Jersey. The nearest listed city is Saint Peter Port, 43 km away.

Topography around Saint Helier

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saint Helier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m.

The land around Saint Helier is covered by water (32%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (85%) within 16 km, and water (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

water 32%

16 km

137 m

water 85%

80 km

290 m

water 68%

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

February weather nearby: Saint Peter Port 43 km · Octeville 59 km · Saint-Malo 61 km · Équeurdreville-Hainneville 61 km · Cherbourg 61 km · Tourlaville 63 km · Saint-Lô 74 km · Saint-Brieuc 89 km

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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 Helier (49.188°, -2.1049°, elevation 11 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	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	9	6
5	9	6
6	9	6
7	9	6
8	9	6
9	9	6
10	9	6
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	48
26	48
27	48
28	49

	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	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	9	6
5	9	6
6	9	6
7	9	6
8	9	6
9	9	6
10	9	6
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	48
26	48
27	48
28	49

	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	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	9	6
5	9	6
6	9	6
7	9	6
8	9	6
9	9	6
10	9	6
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	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	35	65
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	34	66
23	34	66
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	47
2	47
3	47
4	47
5	47
6	47
7	47
8	47
9	47
10	47
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	45
15	45
16	45
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	45
21	45
22	46
23	46
24	47
25	48
26	48
27	48
28	49

	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