Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Skopje: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In February its highs average 7.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Skopje, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 3 cities is 7.8°C; Skopje is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February, selected | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kumanovo in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Prizren in FebruaryKosovo · 62 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Suva Reka in FebruaryKosovo · 64 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Prilep in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Pristina in FebruaryKosovo · 78 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Gjakovë in FebruaryKosovo · 93 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in FebruaryKosovo · 109 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Leskovac in FebruarySerbia · 119 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.