Climate averages 1991–2020
Kansk weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kansk: daytime highs average -11.3°C and nights cool to about -19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zelenogorsk (71 km away). In February its highs average -10.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kansk, with 12 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kansk ranks joint 222nd of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Kansk is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 8.6°C to -2.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Kansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.2°C-22.2°C | -22.2°C | 12 | 4.2 | 7.68 h |
| February, selected | -11.3°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 12 | 4.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | -2.7°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 27 | 7.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 51 | 10.3 | 17.618 h |
| July | 24.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 10.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 48 | 11.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 9.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 29 | 8.7 | 8.38 h |
| December | -12.5°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 24 | 7.6 | 7.07 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
- Zelenogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 71 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in FebruaryRussia · 135 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -18.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in FebruaryRussia · 174 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -18.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in FebruaryRussia · 322 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.9°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in FebruaryRussia · 365 kmHigh -13.3°C · Low -18.9°C · 7.4 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in FebruaryRussia · 378 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -18.4°C · 8.5 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 385 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -17.7°C · 6.1 mm precipitation
- Abakan in FebruaryRussia · 389 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -17.8°C · 7.1 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 Kansk) is explained once on the Kansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.