Invercargill weather in February

In February, Invercargill sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 97 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of February to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Invercargill's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Invercargill's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 97 mm; 12.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 7:02 AM – 9:01 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Invercargill is city in New Zealand's Southland region.

Air quality: Good; PM10 23.6 µg/m³ · 2012
Density: 118/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1853

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 17°C through the month.

A typical February day in Invercargill reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Invercargill weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 11°	118	14.2	15.2	4.9
Feb	17° / 12°	97	12.1	14	5.1
Mar	16° / 10°	98	13.5	12.4	4.5
Apr	14° / 9°	95	13.5	10.7	3.7
May	12° / 7°	107	15.6	9.2	2.7
Jun	10° / 5°	93	15.6	8.5	1.9
Jul	9° / 5°	84	14.9	8.8	1.8
Aug	10° / 5°	81	14.8	10	2.2
Sep	12° / 6°	93	15.2	11.6	2.7
Oct	13° / 8°	119	17.5	13.3	3.0
Nov	14° / 9°	111	16.4	14.8	3.5
Dec	16° / 10°	109	15.5	15.5	4.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	34	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	30	31	30	30	31	31	30	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	66	66	67	67	68	69	70	70	70	69	70	70	69	69	70	68	68	67	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Invercargill gets around 97 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43

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 81% 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 (%)	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87
Comfortable (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	19	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	78	19	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	79	18	3
8	79	18	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	79	19	2
14	79	19	2
15	79	19	2
16	79	19	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	80	18	2
20	81	17	2
21	81	17	2
22	82	16	2
23	83	16	1
24	84	15	1
25	85	14	1
26	85	14	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1

Wind in February

Winds average 19 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of February to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 7:21 AM, and sunset from 9:19 PM to 8:39 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)	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:02	7:03	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:17	7:18	7:20	7:21
Sunset (PM)	9:19	9:18	9:17	9:16	9:14	9:13	9:12	9:11	9:09	9:08	9:06	9:05	9:03	9:02	9:01	8:59	8:57	8:56	8:54	8:53	8:51	8:49	8:48	8:46	8:44	8:42	8:41	8:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.6	6:41	9:19
2	14.6	6:43	9:18
3	14.5	6:44	9:17
4	14.5	6:45	9:16
5	14.5	6:47	9:14
6	14.4	6:48	9:13
7	14.4	6:50	9:12
8	14.3	6:51	9:11
9	14.3	6:53	9:09
10	14.2	6:54	9:08
11	14.2	6:56	9:06
12	14.1	6:57	9:05
13	14.1	6:59	9:03
14	14.0	7:00	9:02
15	14.0	7:02	9:01
16	13.9	7:03	8:59
17	13.9	7:05	8:57
18	13.8	7:06	8:56
19	13.8	7:08	8:54
20	13.7	7:09	8:53
21	13.7	7:11	8:51
22	13.6	7:12	8:49
23	13.6	7:14	8:48
24	13.5	7:15	8:46
25	13.5	7:17	8:44
26	13.4	7:18	8:42
27	13.3	7:20	8:41
28	13.3	7:21	8:39

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — February's 4.96 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)	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Invercargill?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Invercargill for sightseeing.

What to pack for Invercargill in February

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

In February, Invercargill sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Invercargill in February

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 17 km away) is warmest in February at about 15°C and coldest in August near 10°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)	15	15	15	14	13	11	11	10	11	12	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	11	Bracing
Aug	10	Bracing
Sep	11	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Invercargill in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Invercargill peaks around January 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	10	8	5	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	7	9
Level	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	5	High
Apr	3	Moderate
May	1	Low
Jun	1	Low
Jul	1	Low
Aug	2	Low
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	5	High
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Location & terrain

Where is Invercargill?

Invercargill sits at 46.4°S, 168.3°E, 6 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Queenstown, 154 km away.

Topography around Invercargill

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Invercargill has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,492 m.

The land around Invercargill is covered by grassland (45%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

21 m

grassland 45%

16 km

193 m

grassland 69%

80 km

1,492 m

grassland 41%

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

February weather nearby: Queenstown 154 km · Dunedin 176 km · Wanaka 199 km · Tekapo 314 km · Timaru 318 km · Franz Josef 365 km · Ashburton 384 km · Rolleston 446 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Invercargill (-46.4°, 168.35°, elevation 6 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	18	12
2	18	12
3	18	12
4	18	12
5	18	12
6	18	12
7	18	12
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	18	12
12	18	12
13	18	12
14	18	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	11
20	17	11
21	17	11
22	17	11
23	17	11
24	17	11
25	17	11
26	17	11
27	17	11
28	17	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	19	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	78	19	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	79	18	3
8	79	18	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	79	19	2
14	79	19	2
15	79	19	2
16	79	19	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	80	18	2
20	81	17	2
21	81	17	2
22	82	16	2
23	83	16	1
24	84	15	1
25	85	14	1
26	85	14	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	19	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	78	19	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	79	18	3
8	79	18	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	79	19	2
14	79	19	2
15	79	19	2
16	79	19	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	80	18	2
20	81	17	2
21	81	17	2
22	82	16	2
23	83	16	1
24	84	15	1
25	85	14	1
26	85	14	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	31	69
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	33	67
19	34	66
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	44
4	44
5	44
6	43
7	43
8	43
9	42
10	42
11	42
12	42
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	42
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	19	3
2	78	19	3
3	78	19	3
4	78	19	3
5	78	19	3
6	78	19	3
7	79	18	3
8	79	18	3
9	79	18	3
10	80	18	2
11	80	18	2
12	80	18	2
13	79	19	2
14	79	19	2
15	79	19	2
16	79	19	2
17	80	18	2
18	80	18	2
19	80	18	2
20	81	17	2
21	81	17	2
22	82	16	2
23	83	16	1
24	84	15	1
25	85	14	1
26	85	14	1
27	86	13	1
28	87	12	1