Peterhead weather in February

In February, Peterhead sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 hours at the start of February to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Peterhead's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peterhead's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
7:52 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover
71%
6th clearest
Wind
26 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Peterhead is town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

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 Peterhead 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 10°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 Peterhead

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.

Peterhead weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6414.81.170.8
Feb / 5512.31.890.7
Mar / 5613.61.511.41.1
Apr / 4811.80.313.91.7
May11° / 4611.2016.22.6
Jun13° / 10°5711.8017.63.5
Jul16° / 12°6012.10174.4
Aug16° / 12°6712.90154.5
Sep14° / 11°6011.9012.53.9
Oct12° / 8715.90102.7
Nov10° / 8016.10.37.71.7
Dec / 7014.91.16.41.0

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 18% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23268
33268
43268
53367
63268
73268
83268
93268
103268
113268
123367
133367
143367
153367
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223268
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283169

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Peterhead gets around 55 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 47% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1477
2477
3467
4467
5466
6456
7456
8456
9456
10446
11446
12446
13445
14435
15435
16435
17425
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20426
21437
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24448
25458
26469
27479
28479

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 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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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of February to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:22 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:224:19
28.08:204:22
38.18:184:24
48.28:164:26
58.28:144:28
68.38:124:31
78.48:104:33
88.58:084:35
98.58:054:38
108.68:034:40
118.78:014:42
128.87:594:45
138.87:564:47
148.97:544:49
159.07:524:52
169.17:494:54
179.27:474:56
189.27:444:59
199.37:425:01
209.47:405:03
219.57:375:06
229.67:355:08
239.67:325:10
249.77:295:13
259.87:275:15
269.97:245:17
2710.07:225:20
2810.17:195:22

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
20.8Dim
30.8Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.2Dim
141.2Dim
151.2Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
181.4Dim
191.4Dim
201.4Dim
211.5Dim
221.5Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.6Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.7Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Peterhead?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Peterhead.

What to pack for Peterhead in February

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

In February, Peterhead sees daytime highs around 7°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 Peterhead 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 at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Peterhead 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 Peterhead peaks around July 13 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Peterhead?

Peterhead sits at 57.5°N, 1.8°W, 11 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 44 km away.

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Topography around Peterhead

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peterhead has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m.

The land around Peterhead is covered by water (57%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
157 m
80 km
704 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Aberdeen 44 km · Nigg 47 km · Elgin 93 km · Arbroath 115 km · Dundee 136 km · Saint Andrews 144 km · Inverness 146 km · Perth 159 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 Peterhead (57.5052°, -1.7844°, elevation 11 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).