Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the joint 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Elista: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In February its highs average 0.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Elista, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks joint 28th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 70th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Elista is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 7.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 23 mm to 36 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
Elista 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-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | 1.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 43 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 29 | 5.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 29 | 6.4 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 | 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
- Volgodonsk in FebruaryRussia · 208 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -5.5°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Stavropol in FebruaryRussia · 227 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Georgiyevsk in FebruaryRussia · 248 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in FebruaryRussia · 249 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in FebruaryRussia · 259 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Volgograd in FebruaryRussia · 268 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Pyatigorsk in FebruaryRussia · 268 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Yessentuki in FebruaryRussia · 274 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 36 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 Elista) is explained once on the Elista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.