Dudinka weather in October

In October, Dudinka sees average daytime highs of -5°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 0°C in the first days to -11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of October to 6 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Dudinka's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dudinka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-5°
6th warmest
Overnight low
-10°
7th coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:46 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Dudinka is human settlement in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
2,249/km²
people per km²
Founded
1667

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 0°C in the first days to -11°C by the end.

A typical October day in Dudinka reaches about -5°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -14°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 12°C cooler than September and about 12°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
11-3
21-3
30-4
40-4
50-5
6-1-5
7-1-6
8-2-6
9-2-6
10-2-7
11-3-7
12-3-8
13-4-9
14-4-9
15-5-10
16-5-10
17-6-11
18-6-11
19-7-12
20-7-12
21-7-13
22-8-13
23-8-14
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28-11-16
29-11-17
30-11-17
31-12-18

How October really feels in Dudinka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
28 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in October is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Dudinka weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-24° / -30°348.911.710.0
Feb-22° / -29°308.310.66.50.0
Mar-16° / -23°3910.211.7110.0
Apr-8° / -16°368.59.615.40.0
May-1° / -7°419.68.120.90.0
Jun11° / 5210.21.4242.7
Jul17° / 10°579.6023.25.3
Aug14° / 6812.60.217.53.7
Sep / 5711.12.912.90.9
Oct-5° / -10°6513.113.28.40.0
Nov-17° / -23°4610.212.32.90.0
Dec-22° / -28°4310.713.700.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
31090
41090
51090
61090
71189
81189
91288
101288
111288
121288
131288
141387
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281288
291387
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311387

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitationSnow

Dudinka gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 13 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14127
24228
34230
44231
54333
64334
74436
84437
94438
104440
114441
124442
134444
144345
154346
164347
174347
184348
194348
204248
214248
224148
234147
244047
254046
263946
273945
283945
293944
303844
313843

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in October

Winds average 21 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
320light breeze
420light breeze
520light breeze
620light breeze
720light breeze
820breezy
920breezy
1020breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 42 min at the start of October to 6 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 276 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:44 AM to 9:55 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 4:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.77:446:24
210.57:486:20
310.47:526:15
410.27:566:11
510.18:006:06
69.98:046:01
79.88:085:57
89.78:125:52
99.58:175:47
109.48:215:43
119.28:255:38
129.18:295:33
138.98:335:29
148.88:385:24
158.68:425:19
168.58:465:15
178.38:505:10
188.28:555:05
198.08:595:00
207.99:044:56
217.79:084:51
227.69:134:46
237.49:174:41
247.29:224:37
257.19:264:32
266.99:314:27
276.89:364:22
286.69:414:17
296.49:454:12
306.39:504:07
316.19:554:02

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 0.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 0.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
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30.9Dim
40.9Dim
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310.2Dim
Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Dudinka?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dudinka.

What to pack for Dudinka in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Dudinka sees daytime highs around -5°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

UV index in Dudinka in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dudinka peaks around July 15 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJul 15UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Low
May3Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep1Low
Oct0Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Dudinka?

Dudinka sits at 69.4°N, 86.2°E, 24 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kayyerkan, 61 km away.

Novyy UrengoyTarko-SaleGubkinskiyNadymMuravlenko

Topography around Dudinka

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dudinka.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dudinka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m.

The land around Dudinka is covered by water (41%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, wetland (29%), trees (25%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
179 m
80 km
592 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
October weather nearby: Kayyerkan 61 km · Norilsk 80 km · Talnakh 87 km · Novyy Urengoy 545 km · Tarko-Sale 616 km · Gubkinskiy 694 km · Nadym 721 km · Muravlenko 807 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dudinka (69.4058°, 86.1778°, elevation 24 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).