Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv 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 Kharkiv: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -7.2°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 (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In February its highs average -2.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 55th 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; Kharkiv is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 4.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 35 mm to 44 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February, selected | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in FebruaryRussia · 73 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Poltava in FebruaryUkraine · 130 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Sumy in FebruaryUkraine · 146 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -7.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Slovyansk in FebruaryUkraine · 159 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in FebruaryUkraine · 164 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Samar in FebruaryUkraine · 167 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -5.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in FebruaryUkraine · 168 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in FebruaryRussia · 171 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -8.7°C · 35 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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.