Penzance weather in February

In February, Penzance sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°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 9 hours at the start of February to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Penzance's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penzance's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 73 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 7:45 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 9th clearest
Wind: 29 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Penzance is town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

Density: 1,538/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1318

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 9°C through the month.

A typical February day in Penzance reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	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	7	7	7

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

Penzance 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	97	15.6	8.3	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	73	12.3	9.7	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	63	12.2	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	57	11.2	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 11°	54	9.9	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	50	9.2	16.1	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	54	9.1	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 16°	63	10.5	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	57	10.2	12.4	5.1
Oct	14° / 12°	94	14	10.5	3.8
Nov	12° / 10°	104	15.9	8.8	2.7
Dec	11° / 8°	104	16.4	7.9	2.1

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 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	26	26	27	28	29	29	31	31	31	33	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	30	30	30	30	30	31
Cloudier (%)	74	74	73	72	71	71	69	69	69	67	67	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	70	70	70	70	70	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Penzance gets around 73 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 44% and peaks near 46% 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 (%)	44	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	46

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

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 29 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 30 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)	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Feels	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy	windy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	30	windy
2	29	windy
3	29	windy
4	29	windy
5	29	windy
6	29	windy
7	29	windy
8	29	windy
9	29	windy
10	29	windy
11	29	breezy
12	29	breezy
13	29	breezy
14	29	breezy
15	29	breezy
16	29	breezy
17	29	breezy
18	29	breezy
19	29	breezy
20	29	windy
21	29	windy
22	29	windy
23	29	windy
24	29	windy
25	29	windy
26	29	windy
27	29	windy
28	29	windy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours 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 90 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:20 AM, and sunset from 5:05 PM to 5:51 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)	9.0	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:06	8:05	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
Sunset (PM)	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:48	5:49	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.0	8:06	5:05
2	9.0	8:05	5:07
3	9.1	8:04	5:08
4	9.1	8:02	5:10
5	9.2	8:01	5:12
6	9.2	7:59	5:13
7	9.3	7:58	5:15
8	9.3	7:56	5:17
9	9.4	7:55	5:19
10	9.5	7:53	5:20
11	9.5	7:51	5:22
12	9.6	7:50	5:24
13	9.6	7:48	5:25
14	9.7	7:46	5:27
15	9.7	7:45	5:29
16	9.8	7:43	5:31
17	9.9	7:41	5:32
18	9.9	7:39	5:34
19	10.0	7:37	5:36
20	10.0	7:36	5:38
21	10.1	7:34	5:39
22	10.2	7:32	5:41
23	10.2	7:30	5:43
24	10.3	7:28	5:44
25	10.3	7:26	5:46
26	10.4	7:24	5:48
27	10.5	7:22	5:49
28	10.5	7:20	5:51

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.69 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)	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	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	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2
Level	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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.3	Dim
2	1.3	Dim
3	1.3	Dim
4	1.3	Dim
5	1.4	Dim
6	1.4	Dim
7	1.4	Dim
8	1.5	Dim
9	1.5	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.7	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	2.0	Dim
24	2.0	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Penzance?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Penzance.

What to pack for Penzance in February

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

In February, Penzance sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer and a windbreaker. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreakerrain gear

Sea temperature near Penzance in February

The nearest coast averages about 10°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 17°C and coldest in March near 10°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)	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	17	16	14	13	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Penzance 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 Penzance peaks around August 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 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	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	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	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Penzance?

Penzance sits at 50.1°N, 5.5°W, 32 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Camborne, 20 km away.

Topography around Penzance

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penzance has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Penzance is covered by water (35%), grassland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

water 35%

16 km

248 m

water 59%

80 km

362 m

water 81%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

February weather nearby: Camborne 20 km · Redruth 26 km · Falmouth 33 km · Truro 38 km · Newquay 47 km · St Austell 60 km · Bodmin 70 km · Saltash 99 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 Penzance (50.1186°, -5.5371°, elevation 32 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	9	7
2	9	7
3	9	7
4	9	7
5	9	7
6	9	7
7	9	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	7
13	9	7
14	9	7
15	9	7
16	9	7
17	9	7
18	9	7
19	9	7
20	9	7
21	9	7
22	9	7
23	9	7
24	9	7
25	9	7
26	9	7
27	9	7
28	9	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	31	69

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

	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