Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Norilsk: daytime highs average -16.3°C and nights cool to about -21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In March its highs average -11.8°C, 4.6°C warmer than Norilsk, with 20 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 236th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 182nd of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Norilsk is 17.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to -9.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 38 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | -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 | -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
March in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in MarchRussia · 607 kmHigh -11.8°C · Low -18.1°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in MarchRussia · 888 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -15.1°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in MarchRussia · 1079 kmHigh -5.6°C · Low -12.4°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Surgut in MarchRussia · 1126 kmHigh -6.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in MarchRussia · 1164 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -12.7°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Tomsk in MarchRussia · 1438 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -10.7°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in MarchRussia · 1459 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -11.0°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in MarchRussia · 1499 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -11.4°C · 17 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.