Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakhmut weather
in February.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bakhmut: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Horlivka (33 km away). In February its highs average -0.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bakhmut, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Bakhmut ranks joint 38th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 36th of 59 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 1.0°C; Bakhmut is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 6.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 35 mm to 41 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
Bakhmut 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-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.4 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 0.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 48 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 21.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 60 | 10.2 | 16.116 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 | 8.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 0.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 42 | 8.9 | 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
- Horlivka in FebruaryUkraine · 33 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -6.7°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in FebruaryUkraine · 35 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Slovyansk in FebruaryUkraine · 41 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Yenakiyeve in FebruaryUkraine · 42 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Lysychansk in FebruaryUkraine · 47 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kadiyivka in FebruaryUkraine · 48 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Siverskodonetsk in FebruaryUkraine · 53 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Alchevsk in FebruaryUkraine · 60 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.8°C · 34 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 Bakhmut) is explained once on the Bakhmut year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.