Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Norilsk: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 23 h 36 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In July its highs average 18.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Norilsk, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest July highs and joint 138th of 236 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 236 cities is 24.1°C; Norilsk is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in JulyRussia · 607 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in JulyRussia · 888 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Nizhnevartovsk in JulyRussia · 1079 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Surgut in JulyRussia · 1126 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Nefteyugansk in JulyRussia · 1164 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Tomsk in JulyRussia · 1438 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Achinsk in JulyRussia · 1459 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Krasnoyarsk in JulyRussia · 1499 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 64 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.