Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in August.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Norilsk: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In August its highs average 14.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Norilsk, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 207th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Norilsk is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 70 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
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 | -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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in AugustRussia · 607 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in AugustRussia · 888 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Nizhnevartovsk in AugustRussia · 1079 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Surgut in AugustRussia · 1126 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Nefteyugansk in AugustRussia · 1164 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Tomsk in AugustRussia · 1438 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Achinsk in AugustRussia · 1459 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Krasnoyarsk in AugustRussia · 1499 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.1°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 Norilsk) is explained once on the Norilsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.