Climate averages 1991–2020
Arkhangel’sk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Arkhangel’sk: daytime highs average -7.8°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 24 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Severodvinsk (35 km away). In February its highs average -7.4°C, about as warm as Arkhangel’sk, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arkhangel’sk ranks joint 146th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 70th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Arkhangel’sk is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to -2.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 23 mm to 27 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
Arkhangel’sk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 31 | 9.2 | 5.35 h |
| February, selected | -7.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 23 | 7.5 | 8.48 h |
| March | -2.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 27 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 15.115 h |
| May | 11.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 55 | 10.8 | 18.519 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 21.221 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.920 h |
| August | 17.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 81 | 12.3 | 16.517 h |
| September | 11.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 65 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 4.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| November | -2.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 6.56 h |
| December | -5.5°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 36 | 10.5 | 4.24 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
- Severodvinsk in FebruaryRussia · 35 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -11.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Petrozavodsk in FebruaryRussia · 437 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.4°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 575 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Murmansk in FebruaryRussia · 590 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -13.0°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Vologda in FebruaryRussia · 593 kmHigh -6.2°C · Low -11.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Syktyvkar in FebruaryRussia · 607 kmHigh -9.7°C · Low -15.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Cherepovets in FebruaryRussia · 618 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.4°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in FebruaryRussia · 647 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -16.9°C · 23 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 Arkhangel’sk) is explained once on the Arkhangel’sk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.