Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in September.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cool month in Murmansk: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In September its highs average 12.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Murmansk, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest September highs and joint 106th of 236 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 236 cities is 16.4°C; Murmansk is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 2.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Oulu in SeptemberFinland · 550 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Severodvinsk in SeptemberRussia · 572 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Arkhangel’sk in SeptemberRussia · 590 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Luleå in SeptemberSweden · 601 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Kuopio in SeptemberFinland · 718 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Joensuu in SeptemberFinland · 724 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in SeptemberRussia · 1013 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Moscow in SeptemberRussia · 1487 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 57 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.