Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in February.
A cold 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 cold month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average 1.5°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In February its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Astrakhan, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks 26th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 22nd of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Astrakhan is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 7.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 13 mm to 20 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in FebruaryRussia · 291 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -5.4°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Atyrau in FebruaryKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -8.3°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Khasavyurt in FebruaryRussia · 363 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Volzhsky in FebruaryRussia · 365 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Volgograd in FebruaryRussia · 374 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in FebruaryRussia · 377 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Grozny in FebruaryRussia · 385 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in FebruaryRussia · 387 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 24 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.