Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnoyarsk weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little 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 Krasnoyarsk: daytime highs average -9.4°C and nights cool to about -18.4°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 (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia (44 km away). In February its highs average -9.9°C, about as warm as Krasnoyarsk, with 15 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnoyarsk ranks joint 196th 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; Krasnoyarsk is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.9°C to -1.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 12 mm to 17 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
Krasnoyarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.5°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 7.78 h |
| February, selected | -9.4°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 9.510 h |
| March | -1.5°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 17 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 31 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 48 | 11.3 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 55 | 10.4 | 17.518 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 41 | 10.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -4.5°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 31 | 9.4 | 8.38 h |
| December | -11.1°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 26 | 8.1 | 7.17 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in FebruaryRussia · 44 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -18.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 103 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -18.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in FebruaryRussia · 153 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.9°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kansk in FebruaryRussia · 174 kmHigh -11.3°C · Low -19.2°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 267 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -17.7°C · 6.1 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in FebruaryRussia · 271 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -18.4°C · 8.5 mm precipitation
- Abakan in FebruaryRussia · 276 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -17.8°C · 7.1 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in FebruaryRussia · 406 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -16.3°C · 43 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 Krasnoyarsk) is explained once on the Krasnoyarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.