Climate and average weather in Narian-Mar

In Narian-Mar, the summers are mild, showery, and mostly cloudy and the winters are frigid, breezy, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late June to early August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Narian-Mar typically varies from -20°C to 17°C, and is rarely below -35°C or above 26°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Narian-Mar for warm-weather activities is from late June to early August.

Hottest
Jul
17°
Coldest
Jan
-20°
Wettest
Aug
60 mm
Driest
Feb
17 mm
Rain / yr
461 mm
111 wet days
Daylight
0.0–24.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
10 m
67.7°N
Clearest
Jul
72% cloud

Narian-Mar weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late June to early August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Narian-Mar, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from June 4 to September 14, with daily high temperatures above 9°C. The hottest month of the year in Narian-Mar is July, with an average high of 17°C and low of 9°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 9 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below -8°C. The coldest month of the year in Narian-Mar is January, with an average low of -20°C and high of -14°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 8°C) in July.

-40°-20°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-14-20
Feb-13-19
Mar-8-14
Apr-2-9
May4-2
Jun125
Jul179
Aug148
Sep94
Oct1-3
Nov-6-11
Dec-10-16

How hot and cold Narian-Mar really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -32°C (around January 31), with roughly 269 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 203 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-30°-20°-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-14-14-31-20
Feb-13-13-30-19
Mar-8-8-24-14
Apr-2-2-17-9
May44-8-2
Jun121215
Jul171769
Aug141458
Sep9904
Oct11-9-3
Nov-6-6-19-11
Dec-10-10-26-16

Average hourly temperature in Narian-Mar

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 17°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -20°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Narian-Mar weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -20°227.29.52.30.0
Feb-13° / -19°175.57.27.10.0
Mar-8° / -14°217.59110.0
Apr-2° / -9°287.8815.10.0
May / -3°41105.319.50.3
Jun12° / 5510.50.823.83.1
Jul17° / 5610.40225.0
Aug14° / 6011.6016.93.5
Sep / 5311.10.612.81.6
Oct / -3°4912.17.38.80.0
Nov-6° / -11°328.79.54.40.0
Dec-10° / -16°288.910.60.10.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Narian-Mar gets about 461 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.0 months, from around May 12 to Nov 10, peaking in October at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 17.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 60 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 17 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 2 · 39%Feb 17 · 18%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan247
Feb206
Mar248
Apr268
May3210
Jun3511
Jul3410
Aug3812
Sep3711
Oct3812
Nov309
Dec289

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Narian-Mar collects about 461 mm of rain across 111 wet days — roughly 38 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 60 mm, while February is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec221721284155566053493228
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan22710
Feb1767
Mar2189
Apr2888
May41105
Jun55111
Jul56100
Aug60120
Sep53111
Oct49127
Nov32910
Dec28911

Snow in Narian-Mar

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Narian-Mar averages about 68 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 17 to Jun 20 — about 9.1 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 10 days of snow and an estimated 32 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 220 cm of snow.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan1030
Feb723
Mar926
Apr824
May520
Jun15
Jul00
Aug00
Sep11
Oct727
Nov1033
Dec1132

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Narian-Mar, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 14 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around August 6. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 29% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 20 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around March 13. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 91% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 13 · 31%Dec 3 · 8%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb1585
Mar1783
Apr2179
May2179
Jun2278
Jul2971
Aug1486
Sep1486
Oct1684
Nov991
Dec1090

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 5, brings about 24 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 0 hours — a swing of roughly 24 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan2.310:2412:50
Feb7.18:083:17
Mar11.06:065:09
Apr15.13:547:02
May19.51:419:06
Jun23.8
Jul22.012:3710:29
Aug16.93:047:59
Sep12.84:595:45
Oct8.86:493:36
Nov4.49:021:23
Dec0.1

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Narian-Mar averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 5 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around Mar 9 to Aug 6. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is December, down near 1 sunny days — about 70% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 205 daysDec 81 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr3Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug2Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Narian-Mar, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 8% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 27 · 100%Jul 19 · 90%comfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May100000
Jun94510
Jul791371
Aug90820
Sep99100
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Narian-Mar is typically light breeze, near 20 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Nov 5 to Apr 26. The windiest month is December, averaging about 22 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 27 to Nov 4, with July the calmest month at about 18 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyDec 19 · 22 km/hJul 20 · 17 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan22breezy
Feb22breezy
Mar22breezy
Apr21breezy
May19light breeze
Jun19light breeze
Jul18light breeze
Aug18light breeze
Sep18light breeze
Oct19light breeze
Nov21breezy
Dec22breezy

Best time to visit Narian-Mar

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Narian-Mar throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late July, Narian-Mar is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Narian-Mar for general outdoor tourist activities is from late June to early August, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 17 · 5.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.0poor
Apr0.0poor
May0.3poor
Jun3.1poor
Jul5.0fair
Aug3.5fair
Sep1.6poor
Oct0.0poor
Nov0.0poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Narian-Mar rarely gets warm enough to lift this score — no time of year really suits hot-weather activities here.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDectemperaturecloudsprecipitation

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Narian-Mar, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 17°C), the essentials are a warm layer and rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near -14°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Narian-Mar sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Narian-Mar by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Narian-Mar peaks around June 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 16UV 4Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct0Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Narian-Mar

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr00
May4.50
Jun6.50
Jul50
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Narian-Mar typically lasts about 134 days, from around May 27 to October 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from June 19 to September 16.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 1410%May 2750%Jun 1990%Sep 1690%Oct 750%Nov 1110%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan331
Feb428
Mar631
Apr1030
May3031
Jun8514
Jul980
Aug990
Sep8814
Oct3431
Nov1030
Dec631

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Narian-Mar banks about 121 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun8
Jul86
Aug26
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Narian-Mar receives about 2.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.0 and 4.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around Mar 21 to Aug 30. The brightest month is May, averaging about 4.7 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.0 kWh/m² — roughly 100% less than the May peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightMay 194.8 kWhDec 120.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.0Dim
Feb0.5Dim
Mar1.8Dim
Apr3.6Moderate
May4.8Bright
Jun4.6Bright
Jul4.4Bright
Aug2.6Moderate
Sep1.5Dim
Oct0.6Dim
Nov0.1Dim
Dec0.0Dim

Where is Narian-Mar?

Narian-Mar sits at 67.7°N, 53.1°E, 10 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nar'yan-Mar, 5.0 km away.

VorgashorVorkuta

Topography around Narian-Mar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Narian-Mar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Narian-Mar is covered by wetland (32%) and water (30%) within 3 km, wetland (52%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and wetland (38%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
Nearby: Nar'yan-Mar 5.0 km · Usinsk 267 km · Pechora 335 km · Inta 358 km · Vorgashor 452 km · Sosnogorsk 454 km · Ukhta 457 km · Vorkuta 465 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 Narian-Mar (67.6678°, 53.0979°, elevation 10 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).