Carrickfergus weather in February

In February, Carrickfergus sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 79 mm of precipitation across 14 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Carrickfergus's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carrickfergus's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
79 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:58 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover
74%
6th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
1.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Carrickfergus is town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Density
2,386/km²
people per km²

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 7°C through the month.

A typical February day in Carrickfergus reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

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2174
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How February really feels in Carrickfergus

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.

Carrickfergus weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9917.20.87.60.9
Feb / 791419.30.9
Mar / 7614.60.711.51.2
Apr10° / 6813.40.213.71.8
May12° / 7213.5015.82.7
Jun14° / 11°8213.7016.93.5
Jul15° / 12°9415.4016.54.0
Aug16° / 13°9215.1014.74.2
Sep15° / 12°8613.8012.53.8
Oct12° / 10°11416.2010.22.8
Nov10° / 11317.30.18.21.8
Dec / 10915.70.47.11.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22575
32674
42674
52773
62674
72674
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102773
112773
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Carrickfergus gets around 79 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 50% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1542
2532
3532
4532
5532
6523
7523
8513
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24494
25494
26495
27505
28505

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 24 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
224breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:25 AM to 7:29 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:254:49
28.58:234:51
38.58:224:53
48.68:204:55
58.68:184:57
68.78:164:59
78.88:145:01
88.88:125:03
98.98:115:05
109.08:095:07
119.08:075:09
129.18:055:11
139.28:035:13
149.28:005:15
159.37:585:17
169.47:565:19
179.57:545:21
189.57:525:23
199.67:505:26
209.77:485:28
219.77:455:30
229.87:435:32
239.97:415:34
2410.07:395:36
2510.07:365:38
2610.17:345:40
2710.27:325:42
2810.27:295:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Carrickfergus?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Carrickfergus.

What to pack for Carrickfergus in February

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

In February, Carrickfergus sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Carrickfergus 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 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 14°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

6°8°10°12°14°16°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
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Jun11Bracing
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UV index in Carrickfergus 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 Carrickfergus peaks around May 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Carrickfergus?

Carrickfergus sits at 54.7°N, 5.8°W, 7 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Newtownabbey, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Carrickfergus

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carrickfergus has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m.

The land around Carrickfergus is covered by water (47%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
447 m
80 km
860 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Newtownabbey 9.0 km · Bangor 11 km · Larne 15 km · Belfast 15 km · Newtownards 16 km · Castlereagh 17 km · Lisburn 26 km · Antrim 26 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
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Carrickfergus (54.7158°, -5.8058°, elevation 7 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).