Norilsk weather in July

In July, Norilsk sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 75 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 23.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 24 hours at the start of July to 20 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Norilsk's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Norilsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 75 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 24 hours; — – —
Cloud cover: 69%; 1st clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Norilsk is city in Russia.

Density: 6,079/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1935

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Norilsk reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 6°C warmer than June and about 3°C warmer than August.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

How July really feels in Norilsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Norilsk weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-24° / -30°	32	8.8	12	1	0.0
Feb	-23° / -29°	30	7.8	10.8	6.5	0.0
Mar	-16° / -23°	38	9.7	12.1	11	0.0
Apr	-9° / -16°	45	9.5	10.9	15.4	0.0
May	-1° / -7°	50	10.3	9.6	20.9	0.0
Jun	11° / 4°	64	11.7	2.5	24	2.3
Jul	17° / 10°	75	11.2	0	23.2	5.1
Aug	14° / 8°	85	13.5	0.2	17.5	3.6
Sep	6° / 1°	70	12.4	4.5	12.9	0.7
Oct	-6° / -11°	74	14.1	14.8	8.5	0.0
Nov	-18° / -23°	47	9.6	12.3	2.9	0.0
Dec	-23° / -28°	42	10	13.5	0	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Norilsk gets around 75 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 85% 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	31
Dry (%)	91	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	88	88	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	81	82	83	83	83	84	84	86
Comfortable (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	91	8	1
2	91	8	1
3	91	8	1
4	91	8	1
5	90	8	2
6	89	9	2
7	89	9	2
8	89	9	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	86	11	3
12	86	11	3
13	85	12	3
14	85	12	3
15	84	13	3
16	84	13	3
17	83	14	3
18	83	14	3
19	82	15	3
20	82	15	3
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	81	16	3
25	82	16	2
26	83	15	2
27	83	15	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	84	14	2
31	86	13	1

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 24 hours at the start of July to 20 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each 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	31
Daylight (h)	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	24.0	23.0	22.5	22.1	21.8	21.5	21.3	21.0	20.8	20.5	20.3
Sunrise (AM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1:43	1:58	2:10	2:19	2:28	2:36	2:43	2:50	2:57	3:03
Sunset (PM)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12:43	12:28	12:17	12:07	11:59	11:51	11:43	11:36	11:30	11:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	24.0	—	—
2	24.0	—	—
3	24.0	—	—
4	24.0	—	—
5	24.0	—	—
6	24.0	—	—
7	24.0	—	—
8	24.0	—	—
9	24.0	—	—
10	24.0	—	—
11	24.0	—	—
12	24.0	—	—
13	24.0	—	—
14	24.0	—	—
15	24.0	—	—
16	24.0	—	—
17	24.0	—	—
18	24.0	—	—
19	24.0	—	—
20	24.0	—	—
21	24.0	—	—
22	23.0	1:43	12:43
23	22.5	1:58	12:28
24	22.1	2:10	12:17
25	21.8	2:19	12:07
26	21.5	2:28	11:59
27	21.3	2:36	11:51
28	21.0	2:43	11:43
29	20.8	2:50	11:36
30	20.5	2:57	11:30
31	20.3	3:03	11:23

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.76 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Norilsk?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Norilsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Norilsk in July

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

In July, Norilsk sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Norilsk in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Norilsk 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.

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

Location & terrain

Where is Norilsk?

Norilsk sits at 69.4°N, 88.2°E, 76 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Talnakh, 17 km away.

Topography around Norilsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Norilsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 64 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,136 m.

The land around Norilsk is covered by water (35%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, moss and lichen (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and moss and lichen (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

water 35%

16 km

657 m

moss and lichen 30%

80 km

1,136 m

grassland 40%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← June Norilsk year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Talnakh 17 km · Kayyerkan 18 km · Dudinka 80 km · Novyy Urengoy 607 km · Tarko-Sale 666 km · Gubkinskiy 746 km · Nadym 789 km · Muravlenko 862 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 Norilsk (69.3535°, 88.2027°, elevation 76 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	16	8
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	91	8	1
2	91	8	1
3	91	8	1
4	91	8	1
5	90	8	2
6	89	9	2
7	89	9	2
8	89	9	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	86	11	3
12	86	11	3
13	85	12	3
14	85	12	3
15	84	13	3
16	84	13	3
17	83	14	3
18	83	14	3
19	82	15	3
20	82	15	3
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	81	16	3
25	82	16	2
26	83	15	2
27	83	15	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	84	14	2
31	86	13	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	91	8	1
2	91	8	1
3	91	8	1
4	91	8	1
5	90	8	2
6	89	9	2
7	89	9	2
8	89	9	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	86	11	3
12	86	11	3
13	85	12	3
14	85	12	3
15	84	13	3
16	84	13	3
17	83	14	3
18	83	14	3
19	82	15	3
20	82	15	3
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	81	16	3
25	82	16	2
26	83	15	2
27	83	15	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	84	14	2
31	86	13	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	16	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	17	10
12	17	10
13	17	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	10
18	18	10
19	18	10
20	17	10
21	17	10
22	17	10
23	17	10
24	17	10
25	17	10
26	17	10
27	17	10
28	17	10
29	17	9
30	16	9
31	16	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	30	70
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	38
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	91	8	1
2	91	8	1
3	91	8	1
4	91	8	1
5	90	8	2
6	89	9	2
7	89	9	2
8	89	9	2
9	88	10	2
10	88	10	2
11	86	11	3
12	86	11	3
13	85	12	3
14	85	12	3
15	84	13	3
16	84	13	3
17	83	14	3
18	83	14	3
19	82	15	3
20	82	15	3
21	81	16	3
22	81	16	3
23	81	16	3
24	81	16	3
25	82	16	2
26	83	15	2
27	83	15	2
28	83	15	2
29	84	14	2
30	84	14	2
31	86	13	1