Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Murmansk: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In August its highs average 17.6°C, 3.3°C warmer than Murmansk, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks 234th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 88th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Murmansk is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Murmansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.3°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 24 | 7.8 | 2.12 h |
| February | -8.0°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 20 | 6.6 | 7.47 h |
| March | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 8.1 | 11.612 h |
| April | 2.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 9.3 | 15.916 h |
| May | 7.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 12.4 | 21.421 h |
| June | 12.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 65 | 12.5 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 23.423 h |
| August, selected | 14.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| September | 9.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| October | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| November | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 29 | 8.2 | 4.54 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 27 | 8.7 | 0.00 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
August in nearby cities
- Oulu in AugustFinland · 550 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Severodvinsk in AugustRussia · 572 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Arkhangel’sk in AugustRussia · 590 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Luleå in AugustSweden · 601 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kuopio in AugustFinland · 718 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 82 mm rain
- Joensuu in AugustFinland · 724 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in AugustRussia · 1013 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Moscow in AugustRussia · 1487 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 66 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 Murmansk) is explained once on the Murmansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.