Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaroslavl 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 Yaroslavl: daytime highs average -5.6°C and nights cool to about -11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 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 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kostroma (64 km away). In February its highs average -5.9°C, about as warm as Yaroslavl, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yaroslavl ranks joint 109th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 128th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Yaroslavl is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 0.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 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
Yaroslavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 40 | 10.7 | 7.37 h |
| February, selected | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 32 | 8.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 0.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 39 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 16.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 14.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 60 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| November | -0.3°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 48 | 10.5 | 8.18 h |
| December | -4.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 40 | 10.7 | 6.77 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
- Kostroma in FebruaryRussia · 64 kmHigh -5.9°C · Low -11.3°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in FebruaryRussia · 77 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -10.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in FebruaryRussia · 96 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -11.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in FebruaryRussia · 136 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -11.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in FebruaryRussia · 166 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -10.8°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in FebruaryRussia · 169 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -10.6°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Vologda in FebruaryRussia · 177 kmHigh -6.2°C · Low -11.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in FebruaryRussia · 180 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -10.3°C · 33 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 Yaroslavl) is explained once on the Yaroslavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.