Climate averages 1991–2020
Balakovo weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th 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 Balakovo: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 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 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vol’sk (28 km away). In February its highs average -6.1°C, about as warm as Balakovo, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balakovo ranks joint 116th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 116th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Balakovo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 mm to 34 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
Balakovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 40 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | -6.0°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 31 | 7.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 36 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 7.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 39 | 7.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 25.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 37 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 33 | 7.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | -4.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 8.6 | 7.88 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
- Vol’sk in FebruaryRussia · 28 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -11.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Engels in FebruaryRussia · 131 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -11.0°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Syzran in FebruaryRussia · 134 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.1°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Saratov in FebruaryRussia · 136 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kuznetsk in FebruaryRussia · 146 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -12.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Chapayevsk in FebruaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -12.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Novokuybyshevsk in FebruaryRussia · 188 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -12.9°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Tolyatti in FebruaryRussia · 197 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -11.9°C · 28 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 Balakovo) is explained once on the Balakovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.