Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in April.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a freezing month in Norilsk: daytime highs average -9.3°C and nights cool to about -15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes April a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In April its highs average -5.7°C, 3.6°C warmer than Norilsk, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 236th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 192nd of 236 for the driest April (precipitation, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Norilsk is 18.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.9°C to -1.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Norilsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -24.3°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 32 | 8.7 | 1.82 h |
| February | -23.1°C-27.8°C | -27.8°C | 31 | 7.9 | 7.37 h |
| March | -16.3°C-21.8°C | -21.8°C | 38 | 9.7 | 11.612 h |
| April, selected | -9.3°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 44 | 9.5 | 16.016 h |
| May | -1.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 50 | 10.3 | 21.722 h |
| June | 9.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 64 | 11.6 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 11.2 | 23.624 h |
| August | 13.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 85 | 13.5 | 18.118 h |
| September | 5.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 70 | 12.4 | 13.413 h |
| October | -6.5°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 74 | 14.1 | 9.29 h |
| November | -18.3°C-23.0°C | -23.0°C | 47 | 9.6 | 4.14 h |
| December | -22.3°C-27.0°C | -27.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 0.00 h, polar night: no sunrise |
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
April in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in AprilRussia · 607 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -12.1°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in AprilRussia · 888 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -9.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in AprilRussia · 1079 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Surgut in AprilRussia · 1126 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -7.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in AprilRussia · 1164 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.5°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tomsk in AprilRussia · 1438 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Achinsk in AprilRussia · 1459 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Krasnoyarsk in AprilRussia · 1499 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 31 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 Norilsk) is explained once on the Norilsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.