Vila Nova de Gaia weather in February

In February, Vila Nova de Gaia sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 106 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Vila Nova de Gaia's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vila Nova de Gaia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 106 mm; 9.5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:38 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 6th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 2.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Vila Nova de Gaia is ancient town and port in current-day northern Portugal.

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 14°C through the month.

A typical February day in Vila Nova de Gaia reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 2°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	13	6
2	13	6
3	13	6
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7

Vila Nova de Gaia weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 6°	155	12.1	9.4	3.2
Feb	14° / 7°	106	9.5	10.4	3.9
Mar	16° / 9°	124	10.8	11.7	4.9
Apr	17° / 10°	129	13	13.1	5.2
May	20° / 12°	112	12	14.3	6.1
Jun	23° / 15°	43	6.9	14.9	7.5
Jul	25° / 16°	23	4.1	14.7	8.4
Aug	26° / 17°	29	4.9	13.6	8.2
Sep	23° / 15°	69	7.6	12.3	7.5
Oct	20° / 13°	174	13.1	10.9	5.9
Nov	15° / 9°	165	13.1	9.7	4.4
Dec	13° / 7°	172	12.6	9.1	3.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% 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 (%)	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	49	50	49	50	49	49	48	47	46	46
Cloudier (%)	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	50	51	50	51	50	51	51	52	53	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	46	54

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Vila Nova de Gaia gets around 106 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 34% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:53 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:16 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)	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:20
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:53	5:43
2	9.9	7:52	5:44
3	9.9	7:51	5:45
4	9.9	7:50	5:46
5	10.0	7:49	5:48
6	10.0	7:48	5:49
7	10.0	7:47	5:50
8	10.1	7:46	5:51
9	10.1	7:45	5:53
10	10.2	7:44	5:54
11	10.2	7:43	5:55
12	10.2	7:42	5:56
13	10.3	7:41	5:57
14	10.3	7:39	5:59
15	10.4	7:38	6:00
16	10.4	7:37	6:01
17	10.4	7:36	6:02
18	10.5	7:34	6:04
19	10.5	7:33	6:05
20	10.6	7:32	6:06
21	10.6	7:30	6:07
22	10.7	7:29	6:08
23	10.7	7:27	6:10
24	10.7	7:26	6:11
25	10.8	7:25	6:12
26	10.8	7:23	6:13
27	10.9	7:22	6:14
28	10.9	7:20	6:16

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.95 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)	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Vila Nova de Gaia

In seasonPeak

In February, Vila Nova de Gaia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Vila Nova de Gaia's rainy season runs October–May, 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 Vila Nova de Gaia?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vila Nova de Gaia.

What to pack for Vila Nova de Gaia in February

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

In February, Vila Nova de Gaia sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Vila Nova de Gaia in February

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 September at about 17°C and coldest in February near 13°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)	14	13	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	17	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Vila Nova de Gaia in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vila Nova de Gaia peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	6	7	9	9	8	5	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Vila Nova de Gaia 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 Vila Nova de Gaia is worst in August — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (November, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	10	11	14	12	8	9	9	25	24	18	7	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	12	Moderate
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	7	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Vila Nova de Gaia?

Vila Nova de Gaia sits at 41.1°N, 8.6°W, 122 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Santo Ovídio, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Vila Nova de Gaia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vila Nova de Gaia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,402 m.

The land around Vila Nova de Gaia is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (30%), water (30%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), water (26%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

233 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

377 m

trees 30%

80 km

1,402 m

trees 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Vila Nova de Gaia year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Santo Ovídio 1.0 km · Oliveira do Douro 2.0 km · Porto 3.0 km · Canidelo 3.0 km · Vilar de Andorinho 3.0 km · Afurada de Baixo 4.0 km · Valadares 4.0 km · Bomfim 4.0 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Vila Nova de Gaia (41.124°, -8.6124°, elevation 122 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	13	6
2	13	6
3	13	6
4	13	7
5	13	7
6	13	7
7	13	7
8	13	7
9	13	7
10	13	7
11	13	7
12	13	7
13	13	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	47	53
13	47	53
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	49	51
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	46	54
28	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0