Climate averages 1991–2020
Petrozavodsk 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 Petrozavodsk: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 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 8 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Joensuu (254 km away). In February its highs average -6.4°C, about as warm as Petrozavodsk, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petrozavodsk ranks joint 116th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 91st of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Petrozavodsk is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to -1.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 28 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
Petrozavodsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 32 | 8.8 | 6.36 h |
| February, selected | -6.0°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 28 | 8.2 | 8.89 h |
| March | -1.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 33 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 5.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 37 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 55 | 10.9 | 17.618 h |
| June | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 68 | 12.1 | 19.419 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 86 | 14.0 | 18.619 h |
| August | 18.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.016 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 11.6 | 13.013 h |
| October | 5.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 55 | 11.5 | 10.110 h |
| November | -0.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 49 | 10.9 | 7.27 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 41 | 11.4 | 5.45 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
- Joensuu in FebruaryFinland · 254 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -10.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in FebruaryRussia · 300 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in FebruaryRussia · 305 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in FebruaryRussia · 315 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.9°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in FebruaryRussia · 320 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in FebruaryRussia · 322 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in FebruaryRussia · 336 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in FebruaryFinland · 337 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -8.8°C · 38 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 Petrozavodsk) is explained once on the Petrozavodsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.