Climate averages 1991–2020

Norilsk weather
in June.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 9.4°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 3.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 64 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 24 h Midnight sun: no sunset
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June is a cool month in Norilsk: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). In June the sun stays above the horizon all day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In June its highs average 13.8°C, 4.3°C warmer than Norilsk, with 64 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 236th of 236 for the warmest June highs and joint 98th of 236 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 236 cities is 21.8°C; Norilsk is 12.3°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 75 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -35-30-25-20-15-10-505101520 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Norilsk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -24.3°C-28.9°C-28.9°C328.71.82 h
February -23.1°C-27.8°C-27.8°C317.97.37 h
March -16.3°C-21.8°C-21.8°C389.711.612 h
April -9.3°C-15.3°C-15.3°C449.516.016 h
May -1.4°C-6.6°C-6.6°C5010.321.722 h
June, selected 9.4°C3.5°C3.5°C6411.624.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset
July 16.6°C9.9°C9.9°C7511.223.624 h
August 13.8°C7.9°C7.9°C8513.518.118 h
September 5.9°C1.0°C1.0°C7012.413.413 h
October -6.5°C-11.2°C-11.2°C7414.19.29 h
November -18.3°C-23.0°C-23.0°C479.64.14 h
December -22.3°C-27.0°C-27.0°C4210.00.00 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Norilsk

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 limits

How 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.