Climate averages 1991–2020
Kursk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kursk: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (89 km away). In February its highs average -3.2°C, about as warm as Kursk, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kursk ranks 45th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 211th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Kursk is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 2.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 40 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
Kursk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | -3.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 37 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 40 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 54 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.98 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 (Kursk Oblast), Russia in FebruaryRussia · 89 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in FebruaryRussia · 106 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -8.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in FebruaryRussia · 124 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -8.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Belgorod in FebruaryRussia · 128 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Sumy in FebruaryUkraine · 132 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -7.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Orël in FebruaryRussia · 138 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -9.3°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Yelets in FebruaryRussia · 187 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Shostka in FebruaryUkraine · 187 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.6°C · 35 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 Kursk) is explained once on the Kursk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.