Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk 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 Murmansk: daytime highs average -8.0°C and nights cool to about -13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In February its highs average -6.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Murmansk, with 29 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks joint 151st of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 61st of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Murmansk is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to -3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 20 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
Murmansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.3°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 24 | 7.8 | 2.12 h |
| February, selected | -8.0°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 20 | 6.6 | 7.47 h |
| March | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 8.1 | 11.612 h |
| April | 2.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 9.3 | 15.916 h |
| May | 7.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 12.4 | 21.421 h |
| June | 12.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 65 | 12.5 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 23.423 h |
| August | 14.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| September | 9.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| October | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| November | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 29 | 8.2 | 4.54 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 27 | 8.7 | 0.00 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
- Oulu in FebruaryFinland · 550 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -10.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Severodvinsk in FebruaryRussia · 572 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -11.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Arkhangel’sk in FebruaryRussia · 590 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Luleå in FebruarySweden · 601 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -10.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in FebruaryFinland · 718 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -9.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 724 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in FebruaryRussia · 1013 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Moscow in FebruaryRussia · 1487 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.5°C · 32 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 Murmansk) is explained once on the Murmansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.