Climate averages 1991–2020
Irkutsk weather
in November.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a freezing month in Irkutsk: daytime highs average -3.5°C and nights cool to about -11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes November a month with very little precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angarsk (39 km away). In November its highs average -4.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Irkutsk, with 10 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Irkutsk ranks joint 184th of 236 for the warmest November highs and joint 7th of 236 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 236 cities is -0.1°C; Irkutsk is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.9°C to -11.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 9.5 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Irkutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.8°C-22.9°C | -22.9°C | 5.5 | 1.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -8.2°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 5.2 | 1.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.2°C-12.0°C | -12.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 22 | 5.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 38 | 8.9 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 65 | 10.3 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 94 | 12.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 101 | 11.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 15.4°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 61 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 6.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 23 | 5.7 | 10.711 h |
| November, selected | -3.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 13 | 4.0 | 8.89 h |
| December | -11.4°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 9.5 | 3.5 | 7.88 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
November in nearby cities
- Angarsk in NovemberRussia · 39 kmHigh -4.3°C · Low -12.6°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in NovemberRussia · 67 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -13.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Ulan-Ude in NovemberRussia · 232 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -12.3°C · 9.3 mm precipitation
- Darhan in NovemberMongolia · 333 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -11.7°C · 8.2 mm precipitation
- Erdenet in NovemberMongolia · 363 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -12.2°C · 7.6 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in NovemberRussia · 461 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -11.3°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in NovemberMongolia · 522 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -13.5°C · 6.1 mm precipitation
- Chita in NovemberRussia · 628 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -14.3°C · 5.1 mm precipitation
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 Irkutsk) is explained once on the Irkutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.