Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In February its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 8th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 80th of 236 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Makhachkala is 11.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kaspiysk in FebruaryRussia · 16 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in FebruaryRussia · 80 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Derbent in FebruaryRussia · 120 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Grozny in FebruaryRussia · 152 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Sunzha in FebruaryRussia · 202 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Nazran in FebruaryRussia · 223 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in FebruaryRussia · 230 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mingachevir in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 28 mm rain
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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.