Climate averages 1991–2020
Arkhangel’sk weather
in October.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cold month in Arkhangel’sk: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Severodvinsk (35 km away). In October its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Arkhangel’sk, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arkhangel’sk ranks joint 219th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 171st of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Arkhangel’sk is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to -2.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 60 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Arkhangel’sk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 31 | 9.2 | 5.35 h |
| February | -7.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 23 | 7.5 | 8.48 h |
| March | -2.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 27 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 15.115 h |
| May | 11.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 55 | 10.8 | 18.519 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 21.221 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.920 h |
| August | 17.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 81 | 12.3 | 16.517 h |
| September | 11.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 65 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| October, selected | 4.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| November | -2.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 6.56 h |
| December | -5.5°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 36 | 10.5 | 4.24 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Severodvinsk in OctoberRussia · 35 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in OctoberRussia · 437 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Joensuu in OctoberFinland · 575 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Murmansk in OctoberRussia · 590 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -1.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Vologda in OctoberRussia · 593 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Syktyvkar in OctoberRussia · 607 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Cherepovets in OctoberRussia · 618 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Ukhta in OctoberRussia · 647 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.3°C · 59 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Arkhangel’sk) is explained once on the Arkhangel’sk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.