Climate averages 1991–2020
Smolensk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Smolensk: daytime highs average -3.4°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orsha (110 km away). In February its highs average -2.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Smolensk, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Smolensk ranks joint 47th 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; Smolensk is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 1.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 38 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
Smolensk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 7.98 h |
| February, selected | -3.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 74 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 48 | 10.0 | 8.59 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.37 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
- Orsha in FebruaryBelarus · 110 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in FebruaryBelarus · 126 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in FebruaryBelarus · 147 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in FebruaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 222 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Bryansk in FebruaryRussia · 224 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 235 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in FebruaryBelarus · 237 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.3°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 Smolensk) is explained once on the Smolensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.