Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhniy Novgorod 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 Nizhniy Novgorod: daytime highs average -6.2°C and nights cool to about -11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dzerzhinsk (35 km away). In February its highs average -5.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nizhniy Novgorod, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 123rd of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 116th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Nizhniy Novgorod is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.0°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 mm to 32 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
Nizhniy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.8°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 36 | 10.3 | 7.68 h |
| February, selected | -6.2°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 31 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | -0.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 32 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 9.8 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 44 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 | 7.07 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
- Dzerzhinsk in FebruaryRussia · 35 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -11.2°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Arzamas in FebruaryRussia · 104 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -11.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Murom in FebruaryRussia · 149 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -10.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Sarov in FebruaryRussia · 159 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -10.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in FebruaryRussia · 165 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -10.8°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in FebruaryRussia · 168 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -11.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in FebruaryRussia · 200 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -11.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Cheboksary in FebruaryRussia · 202 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -12.5°C · 34 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 Nizhniy Novgorod) is explained once on the Nizhniy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.