Climate averages 1991–2020
Abakan weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th 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 Abakan: daytime highs average -8.8°C and nights cool to about -17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chernogorsk (15 km away). In February its highs average -9.1°C, about as warm as Abakan, with 6.1 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Abakan ranks joint 175th of 236 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Abakan is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 10.0°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 7.1 mm to 11 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
Abakan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.4°C-20.4°C | -20.4°C | 6.5 | 2.5 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -8.8°C-17.8°C | -17.8°C | 7.1 | 2.5 | 9.710 h |
| March | 1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 23 | 6.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 18.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 38 | 9.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 50 | 9.9 | 17.017 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.517 h |
| August | 23.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 64 | 11.3 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 19 | 5.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | -10.7°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 13 | 4.5 | 7.58 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
- Chernogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 15 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -17.7°C · 6.1 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in FebruaryRussia · 19 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -18.4°C · 8.5 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in FebruaryRussia · 221 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -16.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in FebruaryRussia · 276 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -18.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Novokuznetsk in FebruaryRussia · 282 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.9°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in FebruaryRussia · 290 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.9°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kyzyl in FebruaryRussia · 301 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -21.2°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Prokop’yevsk in FebruaryRussia · 310 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -16.6°C · 19 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 Abakan) is explained once on the Abakan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.