Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterhof weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Peterhof: daytime highs average -3.7°C and nights cool to about -7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 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 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Petersburg (24 km away). In February its highs average -4.0°C, about as warm as Peterhof, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Peterhof ranks joint 51st of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 176th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Peterhof is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 37 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
Peterhof climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 43 | 11.7 | 6.87 h |
| February, selected | -3.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 39 | 8.9 | 14.515 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 17.117 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 64 | 10.6 | 18.719 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 18.018 h |
| August | 18.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| September | 13.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 63 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| November | 2.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 13.3 | 7.68 h |
| December | -1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 53 | 12.8 | 6.16 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
- Saint Petersburg in FebruaryRussia · 24 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in FebruaryRussia · 34 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.9°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in FebruaryRussia · 36 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in FebruaryRussia · 41 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in FebruaryRussia · 111 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 161 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in FebruaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -8.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in FebruaryFinland · 207 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 40 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 Peterhof) is explained once on the Peterhof year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.