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The coolest places in the world in February: ranked by average high temperature

Yakutsk tops the list at -27 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in February: Yakutsk (-27 °C) , Surgut (-15 °C) , Nizhnevartovsk (-15 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 19 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yakutsk Russia -27 °C -27 °C -36 °C 2 mm 1 184 h –
2 Surgut Russia -15 °C -15 °C -21 °C 19 mm 6 113 h –
3 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -15 °C -15 °C -21 °C 19 mm 6 115 h –
4 Bratsk Russia -13 °C -13 °C -20 °C 8 mm 3 172 h –
5 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -13 °C -13 °C -22 °C 11 mm 3 233 h –
6 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -12 °C -12 °C -16 °C 33 mm 7 9 h –
7 Nuuk Greenland -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 46 mm 8 124 h -0.2 °C
8 Hulunbuir China -11 °C -11 °C -26 °C 3 mm 1 246 h –
9 Daxing’anling China -11 °C -11 °C -25 °C 4 mm 1 240 h –
10 Tomsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -18 °C 21 mm 7 137 h –
11 Khabarovsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -21 °C 10 mm 3 238 h –
12 Novosibirsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -18 °C 20 mm 6 150 h –
13 Omsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -18 °C 13 mm 4 151 h –
14 Tyumen Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 15 mm 4 153 h –
15 Kemerovo Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 23 mm 7 152 h –
16 Berezniki Russia -10 °C -10 °C -15 °C 31 mm 9 102 h –
17 Blagoveshchensk Russia -10.0 °C -10.0 °C -23 °C 5 mm 1 247 h –
18 Barnaul Russia -9.9 °C -9.9 °C -18 °C 21 mm 6 169 h –
19 Chita Russia -9.9 °C -9.9 °C -25 °C 2 mm 0 249 h –
20 Petropavl Kazakhstan -9.7 °C -9.7 °C -17 °C 15 mm 5 152 h –
21 Pavlodar Kazakhstan -9.6 °C -9.6 °C -18 °C 10 mm 3 177 h –
22 Ulan-Ude Russia -9.6 °C -9.6 °C -25 °C 3 mm 1 242 h –
23 Syktyvkar Russia -9.6 °C -9.6 °C -15 °C 26 mm 8 86 h –
24 Krasnoyarsk Russia -9.5 °C -9.5 °C -19 °C 13 mm 4 172 h –
25 Kurgan Russia -9.5 °C -9.5 °C -17 °C 15 mm 4 160 h –
26 Temirtau Kazakhstan -9.4 °C -9.4 °C -17 °C 19 mm 5 180 h –
27 Yekaterinburg Russia -9.2 °C -9.2 °C -16 °C 15 mm 5 154 h –
28 Nizhny Tagil Russia -9.2 °C -9.2 °C -16 °C 17 mm 5 142 h –
29 Bei’an China -9.2 °C -9.2 °C -23 °C 5 mm 2 250 h –
30 Angarsk Russia -9.1 °C -9.1 °C -23 °C 5 mm 1 227 h –
31 Prokop’yevsk Russia -9.1 °C -9.1 °C -17 °C 20 mm 6 161 h –
32 Chelyabinsk Russia -9.1 °C -9.1 °C -16 °C 15 mm 5 169 h –
33 Perm Russia -9.0 °C -9.0 °C -15 °C 28 mm 8 109 h –
34 Kostanay Kazakhstan -9.0 °C -9.0 °C -17 °C 18 mm 5 167 h –
35 Astana Kazakhstan -8.9 °C -8.9 °C -17 °C 15 mm 4 170 h –
36 Rubtsovsk Russia -8.9 °C -8.9 °C -18 °C 21 mm 6 186 h –
37 Novokuznetsk Russia -8.9 °C -8.9 °C -17 °C 25 mm 7 163 h –
38 Kokshetau Kazakhstan -8.9 °C -8.9 °C -17 °C 11 mm 3 169 h –
39 Biysk Russia -8.9 °C -8.9 °C -17 °C 20 mm 6 184 h –
40 Abakan Russia -8.7 °C -8.7 °C -19 °C 7 mm 2 200 h –
41 Zlatoust Russia -8.7 °C -8.7 °C -16 °C 17 mm 6 162 h –
42 Kamensk-Ural’skiy Russia -8.6 °C -8.6 °C -16 °C 16 mm 5 160 h –
43 Yichun China -8.6 °C -8.6 °C -22 °C 7 mm 2 246 h –
44 Irkutsk Russia -8.6 °C -8.6 °C -21 °C 6 mm 2 229 h –
45 Suihua China -8.5 °C -8.5 °C -21 °C 5 mm 2 250 h –
46 Miass Russia -8.3 °C -8.3 °C -17 °C 14 mm 4 174 h –
47 Kirov Russia -8.3 °C -8.3 °C -14 °C 31 mm 9 100 h –
48 Magnitogorsk Russia -8.3 °C -8.3 °C -17 °C 19 mm 5 171 h –
49 Winnipeg Canada -8.3 °C -8.3 °C -18 °C 14 mm 3 208 h –
50 Orsk Russia -8.2 °C -8.2 °C -16 °C 23 mm 6 159 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

January: top 5

  1. Yakutsk -33 °C
  2. Komsomolsk-on-Amur -18 °C
  3. Hulunbuir -18 °C
  4. Bratsk -17 °C
  5. Surgut -17 °C

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. Yakutsk -12 °C
  2. Longyearbyen -12 °C
  3. Nuuk -8.8 °C
  4. Surgut -6.2 °C
  5. Nizhnevartovsk -5.7 °C

Full ranking for March

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in February, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in the world with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.