Climate averages 1991–2020
Vitebsk weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Vitebsk: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (76 km away). In February its highs average -2.5°C, about as warm as Vitebsk, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Vitebsk ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 18 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is -1.3°C; Vitebsk is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 2.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Vitebsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 44 | 11.3 | 7.88 h |
| February, selected | -2.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 41 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 66 | 12.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 12.2 | 17.317 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 76 | 11.6 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 62 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 51 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.5°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 45 | 11.0 | 7.37 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Orsha in FebruaryBelarus · 76 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 96 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 109 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Smolensk in FebruaryRussia · 126 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in FebruaryRussia · 130 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in FebruaryBelarus · 143 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in FebruaryBelarus · 153 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Minsk in FebruaryBelarus · 223 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Vitebsk) is explained once on the Vitebsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.