Weather abroad · February
Where's hot in February?
February half-term pushes prices up for a week, but the rest of the month is good value. The Red Sea warms up, Dubai is near perfect, and it's the driest month in much of South-East Asia.
Hot within 5 hours
Nowhere within 5 hours averages 21°C this month. These come closest, and afternoons are 4 to 6°C warmer.
- Canary IslandsTenerife17°C4hQuiet
- MaltaValletta14°C3hQuiet
- SpainMálaga13°C2h 30mQuiet
- PortugalFaro13°C2h 30mQuiet
Long-haul heat
Average 25°C or more. Shortest flights first.
- BarbadosBridgetown26°C8h 45mBusy and pricier
- Dominican RepublicPunta Cana26°C9hBusy and pricier
- TanzaniaZanzibar28°C9h 30mBusy and pricier
- IndiaGoa26°C9h 45mBusy and pricier
- JamaicaMontego Bay26°C9h 45mBusy and pricier
- MexicoCancún25°C10h 15mBusy and pricier
- SeychellesMahé28°C10h 30mBest value
- MaldivesMalé28°C11hBusy and pricier
- Sri LankaColombo26°C11h 15mBusy and pricier
- BrazilRio de Janeiro26°C11h 45mBusy and pricier
- ThailandBangkok29°C12h 15mBusy and pricier
- MauritiusMauritius27°C12h 30mBest value
Pleasant city breaks
12 to 20°C and under 4 hours away: good for walking all day.
- MaltaValletta14°C3hQuiet
- SpainMálaga13°C2h 30mQuiet
- PortugalFaro13°C2h 30mQuiet
Cold-weather breaks
2°C or colder on average and under 5 hours away: Christmas markets, snow and northern lights.
- NorwayOslo-5°C2hBest value
- FinlandHelsinki-4°C2h 45mBest value
- CzechiaPrague-1°C1h 45mQuiet
- IcelandReykjavík0°C2h 45mBest value
- GermanyBerlin0°C1h 45mQuiet
- SwitzerlandZurich0°C1h 30mBusy and pricier
- AustriaVienna0°C2hBusy and pricier
- HungaryBudapest0°C2h 15mQuiet
Temperatures are 24-hour monthly averages for one city in each place. Flight times are straight-line estimates from Heathrow. Season labels show our when-to-go rating for February.
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