Climate averages 1991–2020
Banská Bystrica weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Banská Bystrica: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Žilina (62 km away). In February its highs average 2.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Banská Bystrica, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Banská Bystrica ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 3.8°C; Banská Bystrica is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 58 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
Banská Bystrica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 49 | 10.1 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 3.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 52 | 10.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 7.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 58 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 69 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 106 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 118 | 14.8 | 16.116 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 116 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 98 | 12.2 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 78 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 60 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 2.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 8.48 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
- Žilina in FebruarySlovakia · 62 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Nitra in FebruarySlovakia · 92 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in FebruaryPoland · 121 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Zlín in FebruaryCzechia · 121 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Havířov in FebruaryCzechia · 127 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Ostrava in FebruaryCzechia · 137 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Budapest in FebruaryHungary · 138 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Miskolc in FebruaryHungary · 139 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 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 Banská Bystrica) is explained once on the Banská Bystrica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.