Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita 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 Chita: daytime highs average -10.1°C and nights cool to about -24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, 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 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In February its highs average -9.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Chita, with 2.9 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 206th of 236 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Chita is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 9.4°C to -0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 1.6 mm to 4.4 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 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
- Ulan-Ude in FebruaryRussia · 405 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -23.8°C · 2.9 mm precipitation
- Jalai Nur in FebruaryChina · 413 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -21.5°C · 2.0 mm precipitation
- Hailar in FebruaryChina · 540 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -25.0°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Hulunbuir in FebruaryChina · 542 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -25.0°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Genhe in FebruaryChina · 574 kmHigh -11.8°C · Low -25.9°C · 3.4 mm precipitation
- Yakeshi in FebruaryChina · 595 kmHigh -11.8°C · Low -24.9°C · 4.0 mm precipitation
- Darhan in FebruaryMongolia · 603 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -21.4°C · 2.5 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in FebruaryRussia · 628 kmHigh -8.2°C · Low -20.0°C · 5.2 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.