Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in November.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a freezing month in Norilsk: daytime highs average -18.3°C and nights cool to about -23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes November a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 4 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In November its highs average -13.7°C, 4.5°C warmer than Norilsk, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest November highs and joint 181st of 236 for the driest November (precipitation, lowest first). The mean November high of those 236 cities is -0.1°C; Norilsk is 18.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.0°C to -22.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 47 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | -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
November in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in NovemberRussia · 607 kmHigh -13.7°C · Low -19.8°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in NovemberRussia · 888 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -17.3°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in NovemberRussia · 1079 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -14.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Surgut in NovemberRussia · 1126 kmHigh -9.1°C · Low -15.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in NovemberRussia · 1164 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -14.4°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Tomsk in NovemberRussia · 1438 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -11.9°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in NovemberRussia · 1459 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -11.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in NovemberRussia · 1499 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -11.1°C · 31 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.