Barnstaple weather in February

In February, Barnstaple sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 54 min at the start of February to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Barnstaple's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barnstaple's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 65 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:41 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 8th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.2; out of 10

Barnstaple is town and civil parish in Devon, England.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 3,638/km²; people per km²

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 8°C through the month.

A typical February day in Barnstaple reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How February really feels in Barnstaple

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Barnstaple weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 4°	79	14.5	0.8	8.2	1.1
Feb	8° / 4°	65	11.8	0.7	9.6	1.2
Mar	9° / 5°	63	12.8	0.5	11.5	1.8
Apr	12° / 6°	63	11.9	0.1	13.5	2.9
May	14° / 8°	63	12.2	0	15.3	3.9
Jun	17° / 11°	65	11.9	0	16.2	5.0
Jul	19° / 13°	67	12.6	0	15.9	5.6
Aug	19° / 13°	71	12.8	0	14.4	5.5
Sep	17° / 11°	61	11.1	0	12.4	5.0
Oct	14° / 9°	84	14.2	0	10.4	3.5
Nov	11° / 7°	88	15.2	0	8.7	2.1
Dec	8° / 5°	95	14.6	0.3	7.8	1.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	25	25	25	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	75	75	75	73	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Barnstaple gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	46
Snow chance (%)	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	42	3
3	42	4
4	42	4
5	42	4
6	42	4
7	42	3
8	42	3
9	42	3
10	42	3
11	42	3
12	41	3
13	41	3
14	41	3
15	40	2
16	40	2
17	40	2
18	40	2
19	41	2
20	41	2
21	42	2
22	42	2
23	43	2
24	44	2
25	45	2
26	45	2
27	46	2
28	46	2

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in February

Winds average 20 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 20 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 54 min at the start of February to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:04 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 4:56 PM to 5:44 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)	8.9	8.9	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:04	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:32	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16
Sunset (PM)	4:56	4:58	4:59	5:01	5:03	5:05	5:06	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:17	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:24	5:26	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:42	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.9	8:04	4:56
2	8.9	8:02	4:58
3	9.0	8:01	4:59
4	9.0	7:59	5:01
5	9.1	7:58	5:03
6	9.1	7:56	5:05
7	9.2	7:55	5:06
8	9.2	7:53	5:08
9	9.3	7:51	5:10
10	9.4	7:50	5:12
11	9.4	7:48	5:13
12	9.5	7:46	5:15
13	9.5	7:45	5:17
14	9.6	7:43	5:19
15	9.7	7:41	5:21
16	9.7	7:39	5:22
17	9.8	7:37	5:24
18	9.8	7:36	5:26
19	9.9	7:34	5:28
20	10.0	7:32	5:30
21	10.0	7:30	5:31
22	10.1	7:28	5:33
23	10.2	7:26	5:35
24	10.2	7:24	5:37
25	10.3	7:22	5:38
26	10.3	7:20	5:40
27	10.4	7:18	5:42
28	10.5	7:16	5:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.57 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)	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.2	Dim
2	1.2	Dim
3	1.2	Dim
4	1.3	Dim
5	1.3	Dim
6	1.3	Dim
7	1.3	Dim
8	1.4	Dim
9	1.4	Dim
10	1.4	Dim
11	1.5	Dim
12	1.5	Dim
13	1.5	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.6	Dim
17	1.6	Dim
18	1.7	Dim
19	1.7	Dim
20	1.7	Dim
21	1.8	Dim
22	1.8	Dim
23	1.8	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Barnstaple?

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

1.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barnstaple.

What to pack for Barnstaple in February

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

In February, Barnstaple sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Barnstaple in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 8°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)	9	8	8	9	11	14	16	17	17	15	13	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Barnstaple 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 Barnstaple peaks around August 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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)	1	1	3	4	6	6	6	7	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Barnstaple?

Barnstaple sits at 51.1°N, 4.1°W, 12 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bideford, 13 km away.

Topography around Barnstaple

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barnstaple has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 652 m.

The land around Barnstaple is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) within 16 km, and water (42%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

156 m

grassland 47%

16 km

475 m

grassland 60%

80 km

652 m

water 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Bideford 13 km · Tiverton 44 km · Porthcawl 51 km · Exeter 54 km · Heavitree 56 km · Bridgend 58 km · Coity 60 km · Swansea 61 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; 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 Barnstaple (51.0802°, -4.0581°, elevation 12 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	7	3
2	7	3
3	7	3
4	8	3
5	8	3
6	8	3
7	8	3
8	8	3
9	8	3
10	8	4
11	8	4
12	8	4
13	8	4
14	8	4
15	8	4
16	8	4
17	8	4
18	8	4
19	8	4
20	8	4
21	8	4
22	8	4
23	8	4
24	8	4
25	8	4
26	8	4
27	8	4
28	8	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	42	3
3	42	4
4	42	4
5	42	4
6	42	4
7	42	3
8	42	3
9	42	3
10	42	3
11	42	3
12	41	3
13	41	3
14	41	3
15	40	2
16	40	2
17	40	2
18	40	2
19	41	2
20	41	2
21	42	2
22	42	2
23	43	2
24	44	2
25	45	2
26	45	2
27	46	2
28	46	2

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	42	3
3	42	4
4	42	4
5	42	4
6	42	4
7	42	3
8	42	3
9	42	3
10	42	3
11	42	3
12	41	3
13	41	3
14	41	3
15	40	2
16	40	2
17	40	2
18	40	2
19	41	2
20	41	2
21	42	2
22	42	2
23	43	2
24	44	2
25	45	2
26	45	2
27	46	2
28	46	2

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	27	73
5	27	73
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	3
2	42	3
3	42	4
4	42	4
5	42	4
6	42	4
7	42	3
8	42	3
9	42	3
10	42	3
11	42	3
12	41	3
13	41	3
14	41	3
15	40	2
16	40	2
17	40	2
18	40	2
19	41	2
20	41	2
21	42	2
22	42	2
23	43	2
24	44	2
25	45	2
26	45	2
27	46	2
28	46	2

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