Climate averages 1991–2020
Magadan weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little 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 Magadan: daytime highs average -16.5°C and nights cool to about -22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 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 08 min on an average February day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magadan ranks 231st of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 22nd of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Magadan is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.2°C to -10.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 13 mm to 23 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
Magadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.7°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 17 | 4.5 | 6.97 h |
| February, selected | -16.5°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | -10.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | -2.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| May | 4.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 17.017 h |
| June | 11.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 7.8 | 18.519 h |
| July | 15.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 15.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 107 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 84 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 64 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| November | -9.6°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 7.78 h |
| December | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 | 6.26 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
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in FebruaryRussia · 868 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -13.1°C · 92 mm precipitation
- Yakutsk in FebruaryRussia · 1170 kmHigh -27.0°C · Low -35.2°C · 2.0 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in FebruaryRussia · 1327 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -21.9°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in FebruaryRussia · 1499 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -14.5°C · 39 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 Magadan) is explained once on the Magadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.