Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Niš: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leskovac (36 km away). In February its highs average 7.2°C, about as warm as Niš, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks joint 4th of 13 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 13 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 13 cities is 7.1°C; Niš is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Leskovac in FebruarySerbia · 36 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kruševac in FebruarySerbia · 54 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Pristina in FebruaryKosovo · 94 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in FebruaryKosovo · 97 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kraljevo in FebruarySerbia · 108 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kragujevac in FebruarySerbia · 111 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in FebruarySerbia · 115 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Pernik in FebruaryBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm rain
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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.