Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Tartu: daytime highs average -2.3°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In February its highs average -2.3°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is -2.1°C; Tartu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 2.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 36 mm to 35 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
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February, selected | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 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
- Pskov in FebruaryRussia · 113 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tallinn in FebruaryEstonia · 163 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Riga in FebruaryLatvia · 223 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -5.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Helsinki in FebruaryFinland · 223 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in FebruaryFinland · 233 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Espoo in FebruaryFinland · 235 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -6.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in FebruaryRussia · 236 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in FebruaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.6°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 Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.