Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Derbent: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In February its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Derbent, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks 6th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 152nd of 236 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Derbent is 11.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 33 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February, selected | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kaspiysk in FebruaryRussia · 105 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Makhachkala in FebruaryRussia · 120 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Mingachevir in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Yevlakh in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in FebruaryRussia · 191 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Sumgayit in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 3.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Khirdalan in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ganja in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 26 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.