Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiy Novgorod weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Velikiy Novgorod: daytime highs average -3.5°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gatchina (134 km away). In February its highs average -3.7°C, about as warm as Velikiy Novgorod, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiy Novgorod ranks joint 49th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 200th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Velikiy Novgorod is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 37 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
Velikiy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 45 | 11.4 | 7.17 h |
| February, selected | -3.5°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 1.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 44 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 63 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 92 | 12.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 86 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 82 | 12.1 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.310 h |
| November | 1.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 68 | 12.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -1.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 12.4 | 6.56 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
- Gatchina in FebruaryRussia · 134 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in FebruaryRussia · 142 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.9°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in FebruaryRussia · 142 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in FebruaryRussia · 167 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in FebruaryRussia · 170 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Pskov in FebruaryRussia · 189 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in FebruaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Tartu in FebruaryEstonia · 265 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.2°C · 36 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 Velikiy Novgorod) is explained once on the Velikiy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.