Climate averages 1991–2020
Orël weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: 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 freezing month in Orël: daytime highs average -3.8°C and nights cool to about -9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (85 km away). In February its highs average -3.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Orël, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orël ranks 55th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 200th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Orël is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 1.9°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 36 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
Orël climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 8.28 h |
| February, selected | -3.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 36 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 56 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 11.5 | 16.817 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 82 | 12.6 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 60 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 41 | 10.1 | 7.78 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in FebruaryRussia · 85 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Bryansk in FebruaryRussia · 122 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kursk in FebruaryRussia · 138 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -8.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Yelets in FebruaryRussia · 168 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -9.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tula in FebruaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -10.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kaluga in FebruaryRussia · 174 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in FebruaryRussia · 187 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -10.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in FebruaryRussia · 212 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -8.7°C · 35 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 Orël) is explained once on the Orël year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.