Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Norilsk: daytime highs average -22.3°C and nights cool to about -27.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). In December the sun does not rise above the horizon.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In December its highs average -18.3°C, 4.0°C warmer than Norilsk, with 20 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 170th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Norilsk is 16.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -24.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | -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
December in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in DecemberRussia · 607 kmHigh -18.3°C · Low -24.4°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in DecemberRussia · 888 kmHigh -16.4°C · Low -22.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in DecemberRussia · 1079 kmHigh -14.4°C · Low -20.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Surgut in DecemberRussia · 1126 kmHigh -14.4°C · Low -20.6°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in DecemberRussia · 1164 kmHigh -14.0°C · Low -20.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Tomsk in DecemberRussia · 1438 kmHigh -12.0°C · Low -18.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in DecemberRussia · 1459 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in DecemberRussia · 1499 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -18.3°C · 26 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 Norilsk) is explained once on the Norilsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.