Kirovsk weather in September

In September, Kirovsk sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 6°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of September to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Kirovsk's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 64 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:17 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Kirovsk is human settlement in Kirovsk Urban Okrug, Murmansk Oblast, Russia.

Founded: 1929

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 6°C by the end.

A typical September day in Kirovsk reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 5°C cooler than August and about 7°C warmer than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	9	4
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	9	3
19	8	3
20	8	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	6	2
29	6	2
30	6	1

How September really feels in Kirovsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 11 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kirovsk weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-10° / -16°	38	10.1	12.1	2.3	0.0
Feb	-10° / -15°	36	9.4	11.9	7.1	0.0
Mar	-5° / -12°	39	9.1	11.2	11	0.0
Apr	1° / -6°	35	8.3	8.5	15.1	0.0
May	7° / -0°	48	11.1	5.3	19.5	0.9
Jun	14° / 6°	68	12.8	0.6	23.8	3.5
Jul	17° / 9°	85	13.9	0	21.9	4.8
Aug	14° / 8°	71	13.2	0	16.9	3.8
Sep	9° / 3°	64	11.4	1.2	12.8	1.7
Oct	2° / -2°	64	12.2	7.8	8.8	0.0
Nov	-4° / -8°	54	11.3	12.9	4.4	0.0
Dec	-7° / -12°	48	11.3	14	0.1	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	15
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	86	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	15	85

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Kirovsk gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	36	0
4	36	0
5	35	0
6	35	1
7	35	1
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	38	2
15	38	3
16	39	3
17	39	4
18	40	4
19	40	5
20	41	5
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	7
24	41	7
25	41	8
26	41	8
27	41	9
28	41	9
29	40	9
30	40	10

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of September to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 228 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 8:07 PM to 6:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	14.7	14.6	14.5	14.3	14.2	14.1	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.4	11.3	11.2	11.1	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:27	5:30	5:34	5:38	5:41	5:45	5:49	5:52	5:56	5:59	6:03	6:06	6:10	6:14	6:17	6:21	6:24	6:28	6:31	6:35	6:38	6:42	6:46	6:49	6:53	6:56	7:00	7:03	7:07
Sunset (PM)	8:07	8:03	7:58	7:54	7:50	7:45	7:41	7:37	7:32	7:28	7:24	7:19	7:15	7:11	7:06	7:02	6:58	6:54	6:49	6:45	6:41	6:36	6:32	6:28	6:24	6:19	6:15	6:11	6:07	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.7	5:23	8:07
2	14.6	5:27	8:03
3	14.5	5:30	7:58
4	14.3	5:34	7:54
5	14.2	5:38	7:50
6	14.1	5:41	7:45
7	13.9	5:45	7:41
8	13.8	5:49	7:37
9	13.7	5:52	7:32
10	13.5	5:56	7:28
11	13.4	5:59	7:24
12	13.3	6:03	7:19
13	13.1	6:06	7:15
14	13.0	6:10	7:11
15	12.9	6:14	7:06
16	12.8	6:17	7:02
17	12.6	6:21	6:58
18	12.5	6:24	6:54
19	12.4	6:28	6:49
20	12.2	6:31	6:45
21	12.1	6:35	6:41
22	12.0	6:38	6:36
23	11.8	6:42	6:32
24	11.7	6:46	6:28
25	11.6	6:49	6:24
26	11.4	6:53	6:19
27	11.3	6:56	6:15
28	11.2	7:00	6:11
29	11.1	7:03	6:07
30	10.9	7:07	6:02

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 1.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 1.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.6	Dim
15	1.6	Dim
16	1.5	Dim
17	1.5	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.4	Dim
20	1.4	Dim
21	1.3	Dim
22	1.3	Dim
23	1.2	Dim
24	1.2	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.1	Dim
27	1.1	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	1.0	Dim
30	1.0	Dim

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Kirovsk?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirovsk.

What to pack for Kirovsk in September

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

In September, Kirovsk sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Kirovsk in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kirovsk peaks around July 14 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 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	4	4	4	3	1	0	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	1	Low
Oct	0	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Kirovsk?

Kirovsk sits at 67.6°N, 33.7°E, 387 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Apatity, 12 km away.

Topography around Kirovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirovsk has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 764 m around an average of 465 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Kirovsk is covered by trees (35%) and moss and lichen (23%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and moss and lichen (26%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

764 m

trees 35%

16 km

1,141 m

trees 44%

80 km

1,364 m

trees 66%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← August Kirovsk year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Apatity 12 km · Monchegorsk 49 km · Polyarnyye Zori 57 km · Olenegorsk 61 km · Kandalaksha 75 km · Kovdor 136 km · Murmansk 152 km · Severomorsk 162 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

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 Kirovsk (67.6148°, 33.6727°, elevation 387 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	9	4
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	9	3
19	8	3
20	8	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	6	2
29	6	2
30	6	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	36	0
4	36	0
5	35	0
6	35	1
7	35	1
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	38	2
15	38	3
16	39	3
17	39	4
18	40	4
19	40	5
20	41	5
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	7
24	41	7
25	41	8
26	41	8
27	41	9
28	41	9
29	40	9
30	40	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	9	4
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	9	3
19	8	3
20	8	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	6	2
29	6	2
30	6	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	36	0
4	36	0
5	35	0
6	35	1
7	35	1
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	38	2
15	38	3
16	39	3
17	39	4
18	40	4
19	40	5
20	41	5
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	7
24	41	7
25	41	8
26	41	8
27	41	9
28	41	9
29	40	9
30	40	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	5
2	12	5
3	12	5
4	12	5
5	11	5
6	11	5
7	11	5
8	11	5
9	11	4
10	10	4
11	10	4
12	10	4
13	10	4
14	10	4
15	9	4
16	9	3
17	9	3
18	9	3
19	8	3
20	8	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	2
24	7	2
25	7	2
26	7	2
27	7	2
28	6	2
29	6	2
30	6	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	0
2	37	0
3	36	0
4	36	0
5	35	0
6	35	1
7	35	1
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	2
13	37	2
14	38	2
15	38	3
16	39	3
17	39	4
18	40	4
19	40	5
20	41	5
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	7
24	41	7
25	41	8
26	41	8
27	41	9
28	41	9
29	40	9
30	40	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0