Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta weather
in April.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a freezing month in Vorkuta: daytime highs average -5.8°C and nights cool to about -12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes April a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In April its highs average -5.7°C, about as warm as Vorkuta, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 102nd of 236 for the driest April (precipitation, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Vorkuta is 15.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 0.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 38 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Vorkuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -18.4°C-24.3°C | -24.3°C | 30 | 9.1 | 3.64 h |
| February | -18.2°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 26 | 8.2 | 7.88 h |
| March | -11.5°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 34 | 10.0 | 11.612 h |
| April, selected | -5.8°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 38 | 9.8 | 15.616 h |
| May | 0.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 10.6 | 20.320 h |
| June | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 11.4 | 22.523 h |
| August | 12.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 13.0 | 17.417 h |
| September | 6.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 61 | 12.5 | 13.313 h |
| October | -1.8°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 65 | 14.9 | 9.49 h |
| November | -11.1°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 50 | 11.7 | 5.35 h |
| December | -15.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 43 | 11.2 | 1.11 h |
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
April in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in AprilRussia · 572 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -12.1°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in AprilRussia · 647 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -5.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in AprilRussia · 711 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -9.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in AprilRussia · 762 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Yekaterinburg in AprilRussia · 1197 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in AprilRussia · 1380 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Omsk in AprilRussia · 1474 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Ufa in AprilRussia · 1482 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 39 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 Vorkuta) is explained once on the Vorkuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.