Nacka weather in February

In February, Nacka sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 32 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 8.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°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 36 min at the start of February to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nacka's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nacka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
1st coldest
Precipitation
32 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
7:39 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
74%
9th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nacka is part of Stockholm, Sweden.

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 1°C through the month.

A typical February day in Nacka reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°C cooler than March.

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281-3

How February really feels in Nacka

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.

Nacka weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°398.86.26.60.0
Feb / -3°328.26.68.70.0
Mar / -1°307.94.611.30.0
Apr / 327.51.714.11.0
May12° / 398.30.116.63.2
Jun16° / 11°6110.3018.15.0
Jul19° / 14°6110017.56.2
Aug19° / 14°6511.5015.35.9
Sep15° / 10°518.7012.64.5
Oct10° / 5410.50.29.82.0
Nov / 5411.337.30.2
Dec / -1°5111.45.55.90.0

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 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32773
42773
52773
62872
72773
82773
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112872
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nacka gets around 32 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23025
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283122

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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Dry (%)
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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 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of February to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:12 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 4:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:123:49
27.78:103:52
37.88:083:54
47.98:063:57
57.98:034:00
68.08:014:02
78.17:594:05
88.27:564:07
98.37:544:10
108.37:514:12
118.47:494:15
128.57:474:17
138.67:444:20
148.77:414:22
158.87:394:25
168.97:364:28
178.97:344:30
189.07:314:33
199.17:284:35
209.27:264:38
219.37:234:40
229.47:204:43
239.57:184:45
249.67:154:48
259.67:124:50
269.77:094:53
279.87:064:55
289.97:044:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.21 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.01 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.7Dim
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131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.1Dim
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191.2Dim
201.2Dim
211.2Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.4Dim
261.4Dim
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281.5Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Nacka?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nacka.

What to pack for Nacka in February

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

In February, Nacka sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Nacka in February

The nearest coast averages about 2°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 24 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 2°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr3Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov7Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Nacka 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 Nacka peaks around June 17 at about 5 (high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateLowJun 17UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nacka?

Nacka sits at 59.3°N, 18.2°E, 49 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Södermalm, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Nacka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nacka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m.

The land around Nacka is covered by trees (57%) and water (26%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and water (43%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
126 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Södermalm 5.0 km · Östermalm 5.0 km · Stockholm 6.0 km · Lidingö 6.0 km · Årsta 7.0 km · Boo 7.0 km · Kungsholmen 7.0 km · Vasastaden 9.0 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Nacka (59.3105°, 18.1637°, elevation 49 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).