Bergen weather in February

In February, Bergen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 208 mm of precipitation across 17.2 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of February to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Bergen's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bergen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
208 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:35 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bergen is Norwegian city in Vestland, Norway.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,373/km²
people per km²
Founded
1070

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month.

A typical February day in Bergen reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Bergen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
28
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bergen weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 25020.314.46.30.0
Feb / 20817.212.78.60.0
Mar / 19218.311.311.30.1
Apr / 13315.34.414.21.2
May11° / 116140.916.82.6
Jun14° / 10°12114.1018.53.6
Jul16° / 12°14916.4017.84.3
Aug17° / 12°18817.3015.44.3
Sep14° / 10°24917.7012.63.2
Oct10° / 25919.31.29.71.8
Nov / 25718.957.10.5
Dec / 2712010.95.50.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Bergen gets around 208 mm of rain and snow over 17.2 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 61% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
16348
26348
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46248
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66147
76146
86045
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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.

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Wind in February

Winds average 17 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of February to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 144 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 9:10 AM to 7:58 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:104:34
27.59:084:37
37.69:064:40
47.79:034:42
57.79:014:45
67.88:584:48
77.98:564:50
88.08:534:53
98.18:514:56
108.28:484:58
118.38:465:01
128.38:435:04
138.48:405:06
148.58:385:09
158.68:355:12
168.78:325:14
178.88:295:17
188.98:275:20
199.08:245:22
209.18:215:25
219.28:185:28
229.38:155:30
239.38:125:33
249.48:105:36
259.58:075:38
269.68:045:41
279.78:015:44
289.87:585:46

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 0.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.15 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 0.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Bergen?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bergen.

What to pack for Bergen in February

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

In February, Bergen sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Bergen in February

The nearest coast averages about 6°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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 5°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar5Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Bergen in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bergen peaks around June 17 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bergen?

Bergen sits at 60.4°N, 5.3°E, 20 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Nesttun, 8.0 km away.

StavangerSolaSandnesTime

Topography around Bergen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bergen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 558 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 978 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,650 m.

The land around Bergen is covered by trees (46%), water (25%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and water (40%), trees (29%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
558 m
16 km
978 m
80 km
1,650 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
February weather nearby: Nesttun 8.0 km · Ytrebygda 10 km · Haugesund 109 km · Flam 111 km · Stavanger 160 km · Sola 168 km · Sandnes 173 km · Time 186 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 91% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$94,594
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 613
Religion
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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 Bergen (60.393°, 5.3242°, elevation 20 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).