Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiye Luki 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 Velikiye Luki: daytime highs average -2.3°C and nights cool to about -7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 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 30 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitebsk (130 km away). In February its highs average -2.4°C, about as warm as Velikiye Luki, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiye Luki ranks joint 40th 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; Velikiye Luki is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 2.9°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 36 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
Velikiye Luki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 10.8 | 7.68 h |
| February, selected | -2.3°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 36 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| March | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 41 | 10.3 | 7.07 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
- Vitebsk in FebruaryBelarus · 130 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 145 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 152 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Smolensk in FebruaryRussia · 198 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Orsha in FebruaryBelarus · 203 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Pskov in FebruaryRussia · 212 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in FebruaryRussia · 246 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -8.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in FebruaryLatvia · 254 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.5°C · 39 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 Velikiye Luki) is explained once on the Velikiye Luki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.