Climate averages 1991–2020
Moscow 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 Moscow: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherëmushki (10 km away). In February its highs average -4.9°C, about as warm as Moscow, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Moscow ranks joint 92nd of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 128th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Moscow is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 33 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
Moscow climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.2°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 35 | 9.9 | 7.78 h |
| February, selected | -4.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 32 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.9°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 33 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 36 | 8.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| June | 21.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 75 | 11.8 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 10.5 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 57 | 9.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 57 | 10.7 | 10.510 h |
| November | 0.7°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 43 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| December | -3.3°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 37 | 10.2 | 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
- Cherëmushki in FebruaryRussia · 10 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -10.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Obruchevo in FebruaryRussia · 12 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -10.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vostochnoe Degunino in FebruaryRussia · 15 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.2°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Mytishchi in FebruaryRussia · 19 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -10.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Lyubertsy in FebruaryRussia · 19 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -10.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Krasnogorsk in FebruaryRussia · 19 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Khimki in FebruaryRussia · 20 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Balashikha in FebruaryRussia · 21 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 33 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 Moscow) is explained once on the Moscow year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Cherëmushki and Obruchevo lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.