Vorkuta weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Vorkuta is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 48/100). Vorkuta averages about 1,626 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 16°C / 61°F and roughly 84 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,626
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 48/100
- Rain / year
- 816 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈4.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 80k
- Elevation
- 178 m
When is the best time to visit Vorkuta?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Vorkuta is July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 40 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Vorkuta?
Vorkuta isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,626 hours of sunshine a year. 48 Sunshine Score points separate July (48) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #130 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 816 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 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -24° / -11°F | 34 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 47 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -12° / 10°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 76 mm | 3 |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| July | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 9° / 48°F | 84 mm | 3 |
| August | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 102 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 86 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 83 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -17° / 1°F | 61 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 53 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Salekhard Russia · 151 km · best in Jul · 1,913 h sun/yr
- Nadym Russia · 446 km · best in Jul · 1,874 h sun/yr
- Naryan Mar Russia · 461 km · best in Jul · 1,615 h sun/yr
- Sabetta Russia · 521 km · best in Jul
- Novy Urengoy Russia · 570 km · best in Jul · 1,849 h sun/yr
- Noyabrsk Russia · 707 km · best in Jul · 1,947 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Amderma Russia · 271 km · 1,661 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Usinsk Russia · 334 km · 1,595 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bovanenkovo Russia · 359 km · best in Jul
- Pechora Russia · 404 km · 1,625 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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