Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta weather
in September.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a cold month in Vorkuta: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In September its highs average 7.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Vorkuta, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest September highs and joint 187th of 236 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 236 cities is 16.4°C; Vorkuta is 9.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 8.6°C to -1.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 61 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Novyy Urengoy in SeptemberRussia · 572 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Ukhta in SeptemberRussia · 647 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in SeptemberRussia · 711 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Khanty-Mansiysk in SeptemberRussia · 762 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Yekaterinburg in SeptemberRussia · 1197 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in SeptemberRussia · 1380 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Omsk in SeptemberRussia · 1474 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Ufa in SeptemberRussia · 1482 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 55 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.