Climate averages 1991–2020
Magnitogorsk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Magnitogorsk: daytime highs average -8.1°C and nights cool to about -16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beloretsk (74 km away). In February its highs average -8.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Magnitogorsk, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magnitogorsk ranks joint 154th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 53rd of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Magnitogorsk is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.4°C to -0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 19 mm to 27 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
Magnitogorsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.3°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 17 | 5.1 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -8.1°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 19 | 4.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | -0.7°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 27 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.8°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 6.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 18.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 44 | 9.8 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 57 | 10.2 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 33 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 22 | 6.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.3°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 20 | 5.5 | 7.68 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
- Beloretsk in FebruaryRussia · 74 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -16.2°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Troitsk in FebruaryRussia · 185 kmHigh -8.0°C · Low -16.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Miass in FebruaryRussia · 197 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -16.0°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Ishimbay in FebruaryRussia · 197 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -14.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Zlatoust in FebruaryRussia · 202 kmHigh -8.1°C · Low -15.3°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Sterlitamak in FebruaryRussia · 204 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -14.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Salavat in FebruaryRussia · 205 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Orsk in FebruaryRussia · 243 kmHigh -8.1°C · Low -15.2°C · 23 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 Magnitogorsk) is explained once on the Magnitogorsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.