Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: daytime highs average -6.7°C and nights cool to about -14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asahikawa (355 km away). In February its highs average -3.9°C, 2.8°C warmer than Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, with 51 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ranks 127th of 236 for the warmest February highs and joint 217th of 236 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 236 cities is -5.8°C; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to -1.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 39 mm to 63 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
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 52 | 7.3 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | -6.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | -1.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 5.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 69 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 12.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 9.3 | 15.816 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 81 | 9.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 104 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 71 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | -4.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 8.69 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
- Asahikawa in FebruaryJapan · 355 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Kitami in FebruaryJapan · 362 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in FebruaryJapan · 424 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.0°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in FebruaryJapan · 438 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Otaru in FebruaryJapan · 440 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.7°C · 80 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in FebruaryJapan · 446 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -8.9°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in FebruaryJapan · 450 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -13.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Eniwa in FebruaryJapan · 461 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.7°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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) is explained once on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.