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Brisbane in February

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Brisbane is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Brisbane is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 30 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
13h 05mon average

Is February a good time to visit Brisbane?

February sits outside Brisbane's best months, which run from June to September. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in February, against 71°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in February, against 22°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in February, against 16% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

38% cover in February, against 18% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

13h 05m in February, against 10h 26m to 13h 51m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January86°30°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February87°31°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March84°29°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Brisbane sits, in February

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
5:31 AMsets 6:33 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
27.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Gold Coast70 km south-east

The land around Brisbane, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Brisbane

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brisbane. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.