Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sochi: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In February its highs average 8.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Sochi, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest February highs and 235th of 236 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Sochi is 13.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Adler in FebruaryRussia · 25 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Maykop in FebruaryRussia · 116 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Krasnodar in FebruaryRussia · 172 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Armavir in FebruaryRussia · 191 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Cherkessk in FebruaryRussia · 199 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -6.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in FebruaryRussia · 201 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in FebruaryRussia · 211 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kropotkin in FebruaryRussia · 215 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.