Nesttun weather in February

In February, Nesttun sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 183 mm of precipitation across 16.5 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-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 Nesttun's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nesttun's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
183 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
8 h 36 min
8:34 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nesttun is urban area in Bergen, Norway.

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 Nesttun 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 1°C and 8°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 Nesttun

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.

Nesttun weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 21719.89.76.30.0
Feb / 18316.598.60.0
Mar / 17117.77.511.30.4
Apr10° / 12415.22.214.21.8
May13° / 11413.70.216.83.3
Jun16° / 10°11413.5018.44.3
Jul18° / 12°14615.8017.84.9
Aug18° / 12°19216.5015.44.7
Sep15° / 10°22917.6012.63.5
Oct11° / 24418.70.69.72.0
Nov / 23518.92.47.10.6
Dec / 23819.475.60.0

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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nesttun gets around 183 mm of rain and snow over 16.5 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 59% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

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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 4:35 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:104:35
27.59:074:37
37.69:054:40
47.79:034:42
57.79:004:45
67.88:584:48
77.98:554:50
88.08:534:53
98.18:504:56
108.28:484:59
118.38:455:01
128.48:425:04
138.48:405:07
148.58:375:09
158.68:345:12
168.78:325:15
178.88:295:17
188.98:265:20
199.08:235:23
209.18:215:25
219.28:185:28
229.38:155:31
239.48:125:33
249.48:095:36
259.58:065:39
269.68:035:41
279.78:005:44
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 0.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 0.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Nesttun?

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

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Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nesttun.

What to pack for Nesttun in February

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

In February, Nesttun 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 Nesttun 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 27 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.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
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Oct12Bracing
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UV index in Nesttun 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 Nesttun 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
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Aug4Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Nesttun?

Nesttun sits at 60.3°N, 5.4°E, 68 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Ytrebygda, 4.0 km away.

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Topography around Nesttun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nesttun has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 299 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 976 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,652 m.

The land around Nesttun is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and water (39%), trees (30%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
299 m
16 km
976 m
80 km
1,652 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen
February weather nearby: Ytrebygda 4.0 km · Bergen 8.0 km · Haugesund 101 km · Flam 114 km · Stavanger 151 km · Sola 160 km · Sandnes 164 km · Time 177 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 Nesttun (60.3182°, 5.3532°, elevation 68 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).