Madrid in February
In February, Madrid has 33.5 mm (1.32 in) of rain, a daily high of 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) and a daily low of 3.7 °C (38.7 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: February misses our rule: days are 3.7 °C under our 16 °C and nights are 4.3 °C under our 8 °C. Expect 5.1 rain days, 2.6 nights below 0 °C and days that grow by 1 h 06 min.
What February is like in Madrid
- At carnival in February, a rag doll is tossed in a blanket at Madrid Río. It recalls the Madrid that Goya painted for tapestries. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- In early February, carnival ends on Ash Wednesday. A sardine is buried in the Casa de Campo, and that closes the party. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- In winter, the smell of roasting chestnuts drifts from stalls such as the one in the Plaza de la Prosperidad. Sellers hand them over in a cone. Source: Diario de Madrid (Madrid City Council), checked .
Key figures
Weather in February, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 12.3 °C (54.1 °F)
- Daily low
- 3.7 °C (38.7 °F)
- Rain
- 33.5 mm (1.32 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 February 2026
- Sunrise
- 08:08 local time
- Sunset
- 18:50 local time
- Day length
- 10 h 42 min
Day length 1-28 February: 10 h 09 min to 11 h 15 min, +1 h 06 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | February | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 12.3 °C | 3rd coldest |
| Daily low | 3.7 °C | equal 2nd coldest |
| Rain | 33.5 mm | 6th driest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 10 h 42 min | 4th shortest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in February, on average: 5.1 rain days (1 mm or more), 2.6 frost days (low below 0 °C), 0.0 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
February 2026: none.
February 2027: none.
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked .
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 12 of our 20 cities in February by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in February: Rome (0.5 °C apart), Osaka (1.2), Hiroshima (1.4).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 12.3 | 3.7 | 33.5 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 0.5 | 13.0 | 3.4 | no data | no data |
| Osaka (closest) | 1.2 | 10.5 | 3.2 | 60.5 | 140.6 |
| Hiroshima (closest) | 1.4 | 10.9 | 2.4 | 64.0 | 140.1 |
| Tokyo | 1.5 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 56.5 | 170.4 |
| London | 1.7 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 43.6 | no data |
| Paris | 2.0 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 41.8 | 83.0 |
| Barcelona | 2.7 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 32.8 | 146.9 |
| Amsterdam | 4.1 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 54.7 | 94.3 |
| Seville | 4.6 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 46.2 | 212.2 |
| Vienna | 5.0 | 6.5 | -0.5 | 38.1 | 104.9 |
| Berlin | 5.9 | 5.1 | -0.8 | 36.0 | 74.0 |
| Munich | 5.9 | 5.6 | -1.4 | 45.5 | 95.2 |
| New York | 5.9 | 5.7 | -1.4 | 81.0 | no data |
| Prague | 6.6 | 4.7 | -1.9 | 21.5 | 82.5 |
| Los Angeles | 7.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 92.5 | no data |
| Hong Kong | 9.4 | 19.4 | 15.3 | 38.9 | 101.7 |
| Chicago | 9.8 | 2.1 | -5.7 | 50.0 | no data |
| Buenos Aires | 16.2 | 28.9 | 19.4 | 129.3 | 220.0 |
| Singapore | 20.1 | 31.5 | 24.6 | 105.1 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in February: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/february/. Last updated 5 November 2026.