Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta 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 Vorkuta: daytime highs average -18.2°C and nights cool to about -23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In February its highs average -19.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Vorkuta, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 233rd of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 80th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Vorkuta is 12.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.6°C to -11.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 26 mm to 34 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
Vorkuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -18.4°C-24.3°C | -24.3°C | 30 | 9.1 | 3.64 h |
| February, selected | -18.2°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 26 | 8.2 | 7.88 h |
| March | -11.5°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 34 | 10.0 | 11.612 h |
| April | -5.8°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 38 | 9.8 | 15.616 h |
| May | 0.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 10.6 | 20.320 h |
| June | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 11.4 | 22.523 h |
| August | 12.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 13.0 | 17.417 h |
| September | 6.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 61 | 12.5 | 13.313 h |
| October | -1.8°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 65 | 14.9 | 9.49 h |
| November | -11.1°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 50 | 11.7 | 5.35 h |
| December | -15.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 43 | 11.2 | 1.11 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
- Novyy Urengoy in FebruaryRussia · 572 kmHigh -19.8°C · Low -25.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in FebruaryRussia · 647 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -16.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in FebruaryRussia · 711 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -22.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in FebruaryRussia · 762 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -20.4°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Yekaterinburg in FebruaryRussia · 1197 kmHigh -9.2°C · Low -15.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Chelyabinsk in FebruaryRussia · 1380 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -15.8°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Omsk in FebruaryRussia · 1474 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -17.5°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Ufa in FebruaryRussia · 1482 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.3°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 Vorkuta) is explained once on the Vorkuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.