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Groningen in February

avoid · not the best time to go

The year in Groningen

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  1. Groningen in January: avoid
  2. Groningen in February: avoid
  3. Groningen in March: ok
  4. Groningen in April: good
  5. Groningen in May: sweet spot
  6. Groningen in June: sweet spot
  7. Groningen in July: good, busy
  8. Groningen in August: good, busy
  9. Groningen in September: good
  10. Groningen in October: ok
  11. Groningen in November: avoid
  12. Groningen in December: avoid
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
February at Groningen is 7°C by day and 2°C at night, with 10 rainy days and about 5 hours of sun a day. 7C max, 10 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high7°C
Nightly low2°C
Feels like, afternoon3°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more10 · 76 mm
Humidity83%
Sunshine4.9 h/day
Daylight9.9 h/day
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the Grote Markt, the centre, 11 km from the airport (GRQ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

February: quieter than usual. Busiest in July and August; quietest from October to January.

What to pack

  • A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average 2°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 10 or so rainy days.
  • Humidity averages 83%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Netherlands: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Groningen: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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