Climate · Oslo

Oslo in February

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Oslo is cold: highs near 34°F, lows near 19°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 47 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Oslo is cold: highs near 1°C, lows near -7°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 47 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
34°F1°Caverage
Low
19°F-7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
9h 01mon average

Is February a good time to visit Oslo?


February sits outside Oslo's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow 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 34°F in February, against 32°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 1°C in February, against 0°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in February, against 28% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in February, against 54% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

9h 01m in February, against 6h 02m to 18h 41m 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. January32°0°low 19°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February34°1°low 19°low -7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March41°5°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Oslo sits, in February

Europe/Oslo

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:57 AMsets 5:05 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Øyer151 km north

The land around Oslo, 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 Norway in February

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Oslo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (127 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (127 m). 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.