Gatchina Weather in February
Gatchina in February
The short of it: Gatchina in February averages a high of -3 °C (27 °F) and a low of -10 °C (15 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high -3° · low -10° · rain 35 mm · daylight 9 h 5 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Gatchina an average February high of -3°, a low of -10° and some 35 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about -3°, nights near -10°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the driest month of the year, only 35 mm of rain. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 9 h 5 min in mid-February, 138 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and July.
Against its neighbours, Gatchina runs warmer than most and wetter than most in February. Kommunar, 16 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
February in Gatchina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- about the same, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KommunarLeningradskaya Oblast' | 16 km ENE | -3° | -9° | 35 mm |
| Krasnoye SeloSt.-Petersburg | 18 km N | -3° | -9° | 36 mm |
| PavlovskSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | -3° | -9° | 35 mm |
| PushkinSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | -3° | -9° | 35 mm |
| GorelovoSt.-Petersburg | 22 km N | -3° | -9° | 35 mm |
| VyritsaLeningradskaya Oblast' | 22 km SSE | -3° | -10° | 34 mm |
| SiverskiyLeningradskaya Oblast' | 25 km S | -3° | -10° | 35 mm |
| Sosnovaya PolyanaSt.-Petersburg | 29 km N | -3° | -9° | 34 mm |