Irvine weather in February

In February, Irvine sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 138 mm of precipitation across 16.7 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-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 14% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Irvine's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Irvine's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
138 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 12 min
7:57 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover
73%
8th clearest
Wind
26 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Irvine is town in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

Density
2,133/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 Irvine reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°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 9°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Irvine

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.

Irvine weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 17920.11.77.40.6
Feb / 13816.71.89.20.6
Mar / 12116.11.211.40.9
Apr / 86140.313.81.7
May12° / 8313.80.115.92.7
Jun14° / 11°9214.2017.13.4
Jul15° / 13°11017.2016.63.9
Aug16° / 13°12917.7014.83.9
Sep14° / 12°12716.6012.53.4
Oct12° / 17619.1010.12.4
Nov / 18419.90.381.5
Dec / 19619.51.26.90.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Irvine gets around 138 mm of rain and snow over 16.7 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 60% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1606
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3607
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28596

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 26 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
126breezy
226breezy
326breezy
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526breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 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 114 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:24 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:244:40
28.38:234:42
38.48:214:44
48.58:194:46
58.58:174:48
68.68:154:50
78.78:134:53
88.78:114:55
98.88:094:57
108.98:074:59
118.98:055:01
129.08:035:03
139.18:015:05
149.17:595:08
159.27:575:10
169.37:545:12
179.47:525:14
189.47:505:16
199.57:485:18
209.67:455:21
219.77:435:23
229.77:415:25
239.87:385:27
249.97:365:29
2510.07:345:31
2610.07:315:33
2710.17:295:36
2810.27:265:38

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 4.8 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 1.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.9Dim
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60.9Dim
70.9Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
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Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Irvine?

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

0.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Irvine.

What to pack for Irvine in February

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

In February, Irvine sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Irvine in February

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
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Mar7Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Irvine 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 Irvine peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Irvine?

Irvine sits at 55.6°N, 4.7°W, 14 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Kilwinning, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Irvine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Irvine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 999 m.

The land around Irvine is covered by grassland (40%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and water (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%), water (26%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
359 m
80 km
999 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
February weather nearby: Kilwinning 5.0 km · Kilmarnock 10 km · Ayr 17 km · Johnstone 25 km · Barrhead 26 km · Newton Mearns 26 km · Paisley 27 km · Renfrew 33 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 Irvine (55.6194°, -4.6551°, elevation 14 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).