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Charleston in February

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Charleston is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 47°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Charleston is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
47°F8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
10h 58mon average

Is February a good time to visit Charleston?

February sits outside Charleston's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October to November. Expect mild days and rain on about two 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 63°F in February, against 62°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in February, against 17°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in February, against 24% to 67% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in February, against 38% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

10h 58m in February, against 10h 01m to 14h 16m 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. January62°17°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. February63°17°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. March69°21°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Charleston sits, in February

America/New York
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:04 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
32.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bluffton106 km south-west

The land around Charleston, 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 United States in February

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Charleston. 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.