Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Murmansk: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). In June the sun stays above the horizon all day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In June its highs average 16.0°C, 3.4°C warmer than Murmansk, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest June highs and joint 105th of 236 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 236 cities is 21.8°C; Murmansk is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Oulu in JuneFinland · 550 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Severodvinsk in JuneRussia · 572 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Arkhangel’sk in JuneRussia · 590 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Luleå in JuneSweden · 601 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Kuopio in JuneFinland · 718 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Joensuu in JuneFinland · 724 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in JuneRussia · 1013 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Moscow in JuneRussia · 1487 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 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.