Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta 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 Vorkuta: daytime highs average -1.8°C and nights cool to about -6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of precipitation on roughly 15 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 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In October its highs average -2.1°C, about as warm as Vorkuta, with 48 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 233rd of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 217th of 236 for the driest October (precipitation, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Vorkuta is 10.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.3°C to -11.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 65 mm to 50 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
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 | -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, selected | -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
October in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in OctoberRussia · 572 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in OctoberRussia · 647 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in OctoberRussia · 711 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -4.7°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in OctoberRussia · 762 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Yekaterinburg in OctoberRussia · 1197 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in OctoberRussia · 1380 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Omsk in OctoberRussia · 1474 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Ufa in OctoberRussia · 1482 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 63 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.