Nalchik weather in February

In February, Nalchik sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nalchik's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nalchik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 2°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: -6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 56 mm; 10.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:14 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Nalchik is capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in North Caucasus, Russia.

Density: 3,572/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1822

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical February day in Nalchik reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Avg low (°C)	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-7
2	1	-7
3	1	-7
4	1	-7
5	1	-7
6	1	-7
7	1	-7
8	1	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-7
11	1	-7
12	1	-7
13	1	-7
14	1	-7
15	1	-7
16	2	-6
17	2	-6
18	2	-6
19	2	-6
20	2	-6
21	2	-6
22	3	-5
23	3	-5
24	3	-5
25	3	-5
26	3	-4
27	4	-4
28	4	-4

How February really feels in Nalchik

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

6 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Nalchik weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -7°	51	11	11.6	9.1	0.0
Feb	2° / -6°	56	10.9	10.6	10.2	0.0
Mar	6° / -2°	115	16.1	11.8	11.6	0.5
Apr	12° / 3°	155	17.6	3.7	13.2	2.6
May	18° / 8°	215	20.4	0.2	14.5	4.2
Jun	22° / 13°	213	18.5	0	15.2	5.2
Jul	24° / 15°	161	15.4	0	14.9	6.2
Aug	24° / 15°	151	14.5	0	13.8	6.2
Sep	19° / 10°	159	15	0	12.3	5.4
Oct	14° / 5°	118	13.5	1.7	10.8	3.6
Nov	7° / -1°	71	11.2	6.7	9.5	0.8
Dec	2° / -5°	51	10.4	8.8	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	35	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	31
Cloudier (%)	65	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	64	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	68	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	31	69

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Nalchik gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43
Snow chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	38
2	38	38
3	38	38
4	38	38
5	38	38
6	38	38
7	38	38
8	38	38
9	38	38
10	38	38
11	39	38
12	39	38
13	39	38
14	39	38
15	39	38
16	38	38
17	38	38
18	38	38
19	39	38
20	39	38
21	39	38
22	40	38
23	41	38
24	41	38
25	42	38
26	42	38
27	43	38
28	43	38

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 5 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:30 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:30	5:08
2	9.7	7:29	5:09
3	9.7	7:28	5:11
4	9.7	7:27	5:12
5	9.8	7:26	5:13
6	9.8	7:25	5:15
7	9.9	7:24	5:16
8	9.9	7:23	5:17
9	10.0	7:21	5:19
10	10.0	7:20	5:20
11	10.0	7:19	5:21
12	10.1	7:18	5:23
13	10.1	7:16	5:24
14	10.2	7:15	5:25
15	10.2	7:14	5:27
16	10.3	7:12	5:28
17	10.3	7:11	5:29
18	10.4	7:09	5:31
19	10.4	7:08	5:32
20	10.4	7:06	5:33
21	10.5	7:05	5:35
22	10.5	7:03	5:36
23	10.6	7:02	5:37
24	10.6	7:00	5:39
25	10.7	6:59	5:40
26	10.7	6:57	5:41
27	10.8	6:56	5:43
28	10.8	6:54	5:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Nalchik?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nalchik.

What to pack for Nalchik in February

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

In February, Nalchik sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -6°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Nalchik in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nalchik peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	6	6	9	9	8	6	3	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Nalchik 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 Nalchik is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	12	16	17	15	15	15	14	12	14	13	10
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nalchik?

Nalchik sits at 43.5°N, 43.6°E, 464 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Chegem, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Nalchik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nalchik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,013 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,959 m.

The land around Nalchik is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), grassland (28%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

107 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

1,013 m

trees 47%

80 km

4,959 m

cropland 38%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icemoss and lichen

← January Nalchik year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Chegem 8.0 km · Dugulubgey 19 km · Nartkala 20 km · Baksan 22 km · Terek 42 km · Prokhladnyy 44 km · Novopavlovsk 51 km · Tyrnyauz 58 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

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 Nalchik (43.4981°, 43.6189°, elevation 464 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-7
2	1	-7
3	1	-7
4	1	-7
5	1	-7
6	1	-7
7	1	-7
8	1	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-7
11	1	-7
12	1	-7
13	1	-7
14	1	-7
15	1	-7
16	2	-6
17	2	-6
18	2	-6
19	2	-6
20	2	-6
21	2	-6
22	3	-5
23	3	-5
24	3	-5
25	3	-5
26	3	-4
27	4	-4
28	4	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	38
2	38	38
3	38	38
4	38	38
5	38	38
6	38	38
7	38	38
8	38	38
9	38	38
10	38	38
11	39	38
12	39	38
13	39	38
14	39	38
15	39	38
16	38	38
17	38	38
18	38	38
19	39	38
20	39	38
21	39	38
22	40	38
23	41	38
24	41	38
25	42	38
26	42	38
27	43	38
28	43	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-7
2	1	-7
3	1	-7
4	1	-7
5	1	-7
6	1	-7
7	1	-7
8	1	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-7
11	1	-7
12	1	-7
13	1	-7
14	1	-7
15	1	-7
16	2	-6
17	2	-6
18	2	-6
19	2	-6
20	2	-6
21	2	-6
22	3	-5
23	3	-5
24	3	-5
25	3	-5
26	3	-4
27	4	-4
28	4	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	38
2	38	38
3	38	38
4	38	38
5	38	38
6	38	38
7	38	38
8	38	38
9	38	38
10	38	38
11	39	38
12	39	38
13	39	38
14	39	38
15	39	38
16	38	38
17	38	38
18	38	38
19	39	38
20	39	38
21	39	38
22	40	38
23	41	38
24	41	38
25	42	38
26	42	38
27	43	38
28	43	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-7
2	1	-7
3	1	-7
4	1	-7
5	1	-7
6	1	-7
7	1	-7
8	1	-7
9	1	-7
10	1	-7
11	1	-7
12	1	-7
13	1	-7
14	1	-7
15	1	-7
16	2	-6
17	2	-6
18	2	-6
19	2	-6
20	2	-6
21	2	-6
22	3	-5
23	3	-5
24	3	-5
25	3	-5
26	3	-4
27	4	-4
28	4	-4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	34	66
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	35	65
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	33	67
27	32	68
28	31	69

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	38
2	38	38
3	38	38
4	38	38
5	38	38
6	38	38
7	38	38
8	38	38
9	38	38
10	38	38
11	39	38
12	39	38
13	39	38
14	39	38
15	39	38
16	38	38
17	38	38
18	38	38
19	39	38
20	39	38
21	39	38
22	40	38
23	41	38
24	41	38
25	42	38
26	42	38
27	43	38
28	43	38

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100