Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunzha weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sunzha: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (25 km away). In February its highs average 3.5°C, about as warm as Sunzha, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sunzha ranks 13th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 128th of 236 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Sunzha is 9.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 55 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
Sunzha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 30 | 7.9 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 3.8°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 71 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 67 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 52 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 7.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Nazran in FebruaryRussia · 25 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in FebruaryRussia · 44 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Grozny in FebruaryRussia · 52 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in FebruaryRussia · 125 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in FebruaryRussia · 157 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in FebruaryRussia · 180 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Tbilisi in FebruaryGeorgia · 182 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in FebruaryRussia · 183 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 27 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 Sunzha) is explained once on the Sunzha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.