Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhty weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Shakhty: daytime highs average 0.2°C and nights cool to about -5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novoshakhtinsk (22 km away). In February its highs average -0.1°C, about as warm as Shakhty, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Shakhty ranks 34th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 217th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Shakhty is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 6.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 39 mm to 43 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
Shakhty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 44 | 9.5 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 0.2°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 39 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 43 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 41 | 7.5 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 38 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 39 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 45 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Novoshakhtinsk in FebruaryRussia · 22 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Novocherkassk in FebruaryRussia · 34 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in FebruaryRussia · 67 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Rostov-on-Don in FebruaryRussia · 67 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Bataysk in FebruaryRussia · 73 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Azov in FebruaryRussia · 91 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Khrustalnyi in FebruaryUkraine · 107 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Taganrog in FebruaryRussia · 112 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.7°C · 41 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 Shakhty) is explained once on the Shakhty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.