Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in November.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th 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 Murmansk: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes November a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 4 h 29 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In November its highs average 0.3°C, 3.4°C warmer than Murmansk, with 48 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks joint 174th of 236 for the warmest November highs and joint 32nd of 236 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 236 cities is -0.1°C; Murmansk is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -5.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 29 mm to 27 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
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 | 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, selected | -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
November in nearby cities
- Oulu in NovemberFinland · 550 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Severodvinsk in NovemberRussia · 572 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -4.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Arkhangel’sk in NovemberRussia · 590 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -5.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Luleå in NovemberSweden · 601 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in NovemberFinland · 718 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in NovemberFinland · 724 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in NovemberRussia · 1013 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Moscow in NovemberRussia · 1487 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 43 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 Murmansk) is explained once on the Murmansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.