Climate averages 1991–2020
Barnaul weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Barnaul: daytime highs average -9.8°C and nights cool to about -17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biysk (135 km away). In February its highs average -8.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Barnaul, with 19 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Barnaul ranks joint 201st of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 61st of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Barnaul is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.9°C to -1.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 20 mm to 24 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
Barnaul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.0°C-19.9°C | -19.9°C | 24 | 7.0 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -9.8°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 20 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 24 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 36 | 7.9 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 80 | 12.2 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 54 | 10.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 44 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 49 | 10.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -10.0°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 7.68 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
- Biysk in FebruaryRussia · 135 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.6°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Berdsk in FebruaryRussia · 160 kmHigh -11.3°C · Low -16.4°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Novosibirsk in FebruaryRussia · 192 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -17.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Kisilevsk in FebruaryRussia · 205 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -16.8°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Kiselëvsk in FebruaryRussia · 205 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -17.0°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Belovo in FebruaryRussia · 206 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -16.7°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Prokop’yevsk in FebruaryRussia · 207 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -16.6°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in FebruaryRussia · 215 kmHigh -10.1°C · Low -17.4°C · 20 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 Barnaul) is explained once on the Barnaul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.