Norilsk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Norilsk is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 50/100). Norilsk averages about 1,847 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 76 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,847
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 50/100
- Rain / year
- 692 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 166k
- Elevation
- 172 m
When is the best time to visit Norilsk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Norilsk is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 39 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Norilsk?
Norilsk gets a moderate 1,847 hours of sunshine a year. 50 Sunshine Score points separate July (50) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #106 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 692 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -26° / -15°F | -32° / -26°F | 39 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -24° / -11°F | -30° / -22°F | 34 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -24° / -11°F | 40 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -15° / 5°F | 47 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -6° / 21°F | 57 mm | 3 |
| June | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 78 mm | 3 |
| July | 50 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 76 mm | 3 |
| August | 24 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 90 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 71 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -13° / 9°F | 64 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 48 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -23° / -9°F | -29° / -20°F | 48 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Novy Urengoy Russia · 580 km · best in Jul · 1,849 h sun/yr
- Sabetta Russia · 610 km · best in Jul
- Nadym Russia · 753 km · best in Jul · 1,874 h sun/yr
- Noyabrsk Russia · 866 km · best in Jul · 1,947 h sun/yr
- Salekhard Russia · 911 km · best in Jul · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Nizhnevartovsk Russia · 1,055 km · best in Jul · 1,884 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Igarka Russia · 210 km · 1,807 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Turukhansk Russia · 391 km · 1,887 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Khatanga Russia · 630 km · best in Jul
- Bovanenkovo Russia · 734 km · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Norilsk compares month by month: Norilsk vs Novy Urengoy · Norilsk vs Nadym · Norilsk vs Sabetta · all comparisons
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