Climate averages 1991–2020
Shchyolkovo 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 Shchyolkovo: daytime highs average -4.6°C and nights cool to about -9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Korolev (9 km away). In February its highs average -4.6°C, about as warm as Shchyolkovo, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Shchyolkovo ranks joint 86th 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; Shchyolkovo is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 34 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
Shchyolkovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 39 | 10.4 | 7.78 h |
| February, selected | -4.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 34 | 8.9 | 9.510 h |
| March | 1.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 34 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 75 | 12.5 | 17.517 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 76 | 12.8 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 11.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 62 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | 0.7°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 46 | 10.0 | 8.38 h |
| December | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.17 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
- Korolev in FebruaryRussia · 9 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Pushkino in FebruaryRussia · 12 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Balashikha in FebruaryRussia · 15 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Mytishchi in FebruaryRussia · 15 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -10.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Zheleznodorozhnyy in FebruaryRussia · 20 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -10.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Vostochnoe Degunino in FebruaryRussia · 26 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.2°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Lyubertsy in FebruaryRussia · 28 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -10.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Moscow in FebruaryRussia · 29 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -10.5°C · 32 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 Shchyolkovo) is explained once on the Shchyolkovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.