Climate averages 1991–2020
Norilsk weather
in October.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a freezing month in Norilsk: daytime highs average -6.5°C and nights cool to about -11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of precipitation on roughly 14 days, which makes October a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (607 km away). In October its highs average -2.1°C, 4.3°C warmer than Norilsk, with 48 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Norilsk ranks 236th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 228th of 236 for the driest October (precipitation, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Norilsk is 15.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 11.8°C to -18.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 74 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | -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
October in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in OctoberRussia · 607 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in OctoberRussia · 888 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -4.7°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in OctoberRussia · 1079 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -2.8°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Surgut in OctoberRussia · 1126 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in OctoberRussia · 1164 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Tomsk in OctoberRussia · 1438 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Achinsk in OctoberRussia · 1459 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Krasnoyarsk in OctoberRussia · 1499 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.3°C · 41 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.