Yalta weather in February

In February, Yalta sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Yalta's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yalta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 5°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 7.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:53 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Yalta is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density: 272/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1154

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month.

A typical February day in Yalta reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	1
14	4	1
15	4	1
16	4	1
17	5	1
18	5	1
19	5	1
20	5	1
21	5	1
22	5	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	6	2
28	6	2

How February really feels in Yalta

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Yalta weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / 1°	40	9.3	3.7	9	0.0
Feb	5° / 1°	33	7.9	3.4	10.1	0.0
Mar	7° / 3°	37	9.1	2.2	11.6	1.0
Apr	12° / 7°	30	7.2	0.4	13.2	3.3
May	17° / 12°	33	7.5	0	14.6	6.1
Jun	22° / 17°	45	8.2	0	15.3	7.4
Jul	25° / 20°	36	6.3	0	15	8.0
Aug	25° / 20°	34	6.3	0	13.9	8.0
Sep	21° / 16°	30	6.2	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	15° / 11°	36	5.9	0	10.7	5.3
Nov	10° / 6°	40	7.4	0.6	9.4	2.4
Dec	6° / 3°	42	8.8	2.6	8.7	0.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	35	35	35	35	36
Cloudier (%)	72	72	71	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	65	65	65	65	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	36	64

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Yalta gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 28% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 3 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 (%)	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Snow chance (%)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	30	14
8	29	14
9	29	13
10	28	13
11	28	12
12	28	12
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	27	11
18	27	11
19	27	11
20	27	10
21	27	10
22	26	10
23	26	10
24	26	10
25	26	10
26	26	10
27	26	9
28	26	9

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 13 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 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 78 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:11 AM to 7:33 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:20 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)	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:43	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	8:11	5:43
2	9.6	8:10	5:44
3	9.6	8:08	5:46
4	9.7	8:07	5:47
5	9.7	8:06	5:49
6	9.7	8:05	5:50
7	9.8	8:04	5:51
8	9.8	8:03	5:53
9	9.9	8:01	5:54
10	9.9	8:00	5:56
11	10.0	7:59	5:57
12	10.0	7:57	5:58
13	10.1	7:56	6:00
14	10.1	7:55	6:01
15	10.2	7:53	6:02
16	10.2	7:52	6:04
17	10.2	7:50	6:05
18	10.3	7:49	6:07
19	10.3	7:47	6:08
20	10.4	7:46	6:09
21	10.4	7:44	6:11
22	10.5	7:43	6:12
23	10.5	7:41	6:14
24	10.6	7:40	6:15
25	10.6	7:38	6:16
26	10.7	7:36	6:18
27	10.7	7:35	6:19
28	10.8	7:33	6:20

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.36 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)	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	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	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	1.9	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.6	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Yalta?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yalta.

What to pack for Yalta in February

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

In February, Yalta sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Yalta in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 30 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	10	15	21	24	25	22	18	14	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Yalta 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 Yalta peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	5	7	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	5	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Yalta?

Yalta sits at 44.5°N, 34.2°E, 54 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Alushta, 27 km away.

Topography around Yalta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yalta has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,529 m.

The land around Yalta is covered by trees (50%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

720 m

trees 50%

16 km

1,541 m

trees 50%

80 km

1,529 m

water 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

February weather nearby: Alushta 27 km · Bakhchysaray 37 km · Balaklava 45 km · Simferopol 51 km · Sevastopol 52 km · Bilohirsk 71 km · Sudak 75 km · Saki 83 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,866; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 88%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 10.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 526

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 Yalta (44.5022°, 34.1662°, elevation 54 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	1
14	4	1
15	4	1
16	4	1
17	5	1
18	5	1
19	5	1
20	5	1
21	5	1
22	5	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	6	2
28	6	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	30	14
8	29	14
9	29	13
10	28	13
11	28	12
12	28	12
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	27	11
18	27	11
19	27	11
20	27	10
21	27	10
22	26	10
23	26	10
24	26	10
25	26	10
26	26	10
27	26	9
28	26	9

	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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	1
14	4	1
15	4	1
16	4	1
17	5	1
18	5	1
19	5	1
20	5	1
21	5	1
22	5	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	6	2
28	6	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	30	14
8	29	14
9	29	13
10	28	13
11	28	12
12	28	12
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	27	11
18	27	11
19	27	11
20	27	10
21	27	10
22	26	10
23	26	10
24	26	10
25	26	10
26	26	10
27	26	9
28	26	9

	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	4	0
2	4	0
3	4	0
4	4	0
5	4	0
6	4	0
7	4	0
8	4	0
9	4	0
10	4	0
11	4	0
12	4	0
13	4	1
14	4	1
15	4	1
16	4	1
17	5	1
18	5	1
19	5	1
20	5	1
21	5	1
22	5	1
23	5	1
24	5	1
25	5	1
26	5	1
27	6	2
28	6	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	31	16
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	30	14
8	29	14
9	29	13
10	28	13
11	28	12
12	28	12
13	27	11
14	27	11
15	27	11
16	27	11
17	27	11
18	27	11
19	27	11
20	27	10
21	27	10
22	26	10
23	26	10
24	26	10
25	26	10
26	26	10
27	26	9
28	26	9

	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