Climate averages 1991–2020
Kyiv weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Kyiv: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brovary (20 km away). In February its highs average 0.1°C, about as warm as Kyiv, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kyiv ranks joint 44th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 28th of 59 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 1.0°C; Kyiv is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 5.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 39 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
Kyiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.59 h |
| February, selected | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 44 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 84 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 53 | 8.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 58 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 43 | 9.1 | 8.18 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
- Brovary in FebruaryUkraine · 20 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in FebruaryUkraine · 78 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -5.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Chernihiv in FebruaryUkraine · 128 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Zhytomyr in FebruaryUkraine · 133 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Berdychiv in FebruaryUkraine · 152 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Cherkasy in FebruaryUkraine · 157 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Uman in FebruaryUkraine · 191 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in FebruaryBelarus · 199 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.4°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 Kyiv) is explained once on the Kyiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.