Climate averages 1991–2020
Nitra weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Nitra: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratislava (75 km away). In February its highs average 5.5°C, about as warm as Nitra, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Nitra ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 3.8°C; Nitra is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 40 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
Nitra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 8.1 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 41 | 7.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 67 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 71 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 72 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 62 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 43 | 8.4 | 8.48 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
- Bratislava in FebruarySlovakia · 75 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Győr in FebruaryHungary · 77 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in FebruarySlovakia · 92 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Zlín in FebruaryCzechia · 107 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Žilina in FebruarySlovakia · 113 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Budapest in FebruaryHungary · 115 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in FebruaryHungary · 127 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Vienna in FebruaryAustria · 127 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 32 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 Nitra) is explained once on the Nitra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.