Nadym weather in February

In February, Nadym sees average daytime highs of -18°C and overnight lows near -25°C, with 12 mm of precipitation across 4.6 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -19°C in the first days to -15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 hours at the start of February to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nadym's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nadym's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-18°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-25°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
12 mm
4.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:34 AM – 4:15 PM
Cloud cover
82%
8th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nadym is town in Russia.

Density
151/km²
people per km²
Founded
1598

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -19°C in the first days to -15°C by the end.

A typical February day in Nadym reaches about -18°C in the afternoon and slips back to -25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -31°C and -6°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 8°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-19-26
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27-15-22
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How February really feels in Nadym

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
28
28 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Nadym weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-20° / -27°155.47.74.20.0
Feb-18° / -25°124.65.87.60.0
Mar-10° / -18°216.57.911.10.0
Apr-3° / -11°327.76.814.80.0
May / -3°469.95.218.40.4
Jun15° / 7111.9121.24.1
Jul19° / 11°70100206.0
Aug16° / 6311.8016.44.4
Sep / 46111.512.71.6
Oct-1° / -6°5112.19.99.10.0
Nov-12° / -18°277.99.45.50.0
Dec-17° / -24°186.68.72.70.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41783
51783
61783
71684
81684
91684
101684
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141684
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nadym gets around 12 mm of rain and snow over 4.6 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
11925
21925
31924
41924
51924
61823
71722
81722
91621
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111520
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272024
282025

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in February

Winds average 21 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
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2821breezy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 hours at the start of February to 9 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 192 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 9:24 AM to 7:46 AM, and sunset from 3:23 PM to 5:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.09:243:23
26.19:203:27
36.29:173:31
46.49:133:35
56.59:103:38
66.69:063:42
76.79:033:46
86.88:593:49
97.08:563:53
107.18:523:57
117.28:484:00
127.38:454:04
137.48:414:08
147.68:384:11
157.78:344:15
167.88:304:19
177.98:274:22
188.08:234:26
198.28:194:29
208.38:164:33
218.48:124:36
228.58:084:40
238.68:054:43
248.88:014:47
258.97:574:50
269.07:544:54
279.17:504:57
289.27:465:01

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 0.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 0.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.2Dim
271.2Dim
281.3Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Nadym?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nadym.

What to pack for Nadym in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Nadym sees daytime highs around -18°C and nights near -25°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

UV index in Nadym in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nadym peaks around June 22 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 22UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Nadym in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Nadym is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 16.0× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1818 µg/m³Jan 121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan1Good
Feb2Good
Mar4Good
Apr7Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul19Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep6Good
Oct3Good
Nov1Good
Dec1Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nadym?

Nadym sits at 65.5°N, 72.5°E, 7 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novyy Urengoy, 197 km away.

Topography around Nadym

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nadym.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nadym has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m.

The land around Nadym is covered by wetland (37%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (50%), grassland (21%) and wetland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and wetland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
101 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
February weather nearby: Novyy Urengoy 197 km · Muravlenko 216 km · Gubkinskiy 224 km · Tarko-Sale 254 km · Salekhard 289 km · Noyabrsk 296 km · Labytnangi 302 km · Beloyarskiy 344 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Nadym (65.5333°, 72.5167°, elevation 7 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).