Olenegorsk weather in September

In September, Olenegorsk sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.7 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 7°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of September to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Olenegorsk's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olenegorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 6:18 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.9; out of 10

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

Density: 13/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1949

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 7°C by the end.

A typical September day in Olenegorsk reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 14°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)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

How September really feels in Olenegorsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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.

Olenegorsk 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	-9° / -15°	23	7.8	9.4	1.8	0.0
Feb	-9° / -14°	21	6.7	8.4	6.9	0.0
Mar	-4° / -10°	27	7.9	9.7	11	0.0
Apr	2° / -5°	30	8.7	8.6	15.2	0.0
May	8° / 1°	44	10.9	5.4	19.8	1.2
Jun	14° / 6°	64	11.7	0.8	24	3.6
Jul	17° / 10°	71	13.3	0.1	22.4	4.9
Aug	15° / 8°	64	12.6	0	17.1	4.0
Sep	10° / 4°	54	11.7	0.8	12.8	1.9
Oct	2° / -1°	51	11.1	6.7	8.7	0.1
Nov	-3° / -8°	29	8	8.9	4	0.0
Dec	-6° / -11°	27	8.7	10.6	0	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

	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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12
Cloudier (%)	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	87	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Olenegorsk gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 39% 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 (%)	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	8

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

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	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	100
Comfortable (%)	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	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
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 11 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 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 234 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 6:03 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)	14.8	14.7	14.5	14.4	14.3	14.1	14.0	13.9	13.7	13.6	13.4	13.3	13.2	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	11.0	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:26	5:30	5:34	5:38	5:41	5:45	5:49	5:52	5:56	6:00	6:03	6:07	6:11	6:15	6:18	6:22	6:25	6:29	6:33	6:36	6:40	6:44	6:47	6:51	6:55	6:58	7:02	7:06	7:10
Sunset (PM)	8:11	8:06	8:02	7:58	7:53	7:49	7:44	7:40	7:35	7:31	7:27	7:22	7:18	7:13	7:09	7:04	7:00	6:56	6:51	6:47	6:42	6:38	6:34	6:29	6:25	6:21	6:16	6:12	6:07	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.8	5:23	8:11
2	14.7	5:26	8:06
3	14.5	5:30	8:02
4	14.4	5:34	7:58
5	14.3	5:38	7:53
6	14.1	5:41	7:49
7	14.0	5:45	7:44
8	13.9	5:49	7:40
9	13.7	5:52	7:35
10	13.6	5:56	7:31
11	13.4	6:00	7:27
12	13.3	6:03	7:22
13	13.2	6:07	7:18
14	13.0	6:11	7:13
15	12.9	6:15	7:09
16	12.8	6:18	7:04
17	12.6	6:22	7:00
18	12.5	6:25	6:56
19	12.4	6:29	6:51
20	12.2	6:33	6:47
21	12.1	6:36	6:42
22	12.0	6:40	6:38
23	11.8	6:44	6:34
24	11.7	6:47	6:29
25	11.6	6:51	6:25
26	11.4	6:55	6:21
27	11.3	6:58	6:16
28	11.2	7:02	6:12
29	11.0	7:06	6:07
30	10.9	7:10	6:03

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 1.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0 kWh/m² to a high of 4.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 1.48 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)	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	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	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9
Level	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	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.0	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.8	Dim
10	1.7	Dim
11	1.7	Dim
12	1.6	Dim
13	1.6	Dim
14	1.5	Dim
15	1.5	Dim
16	1.4	Dim
17	1.4	Dim
18	1.4	Dim
19	1.3	Dim
20	1.3	Dim
21	1.2	Dim
22	1.2	Dim
23	1.2	Dim
24	1.1	Dim
25	1.1	Dim
26	1.1	Dim
27	1.0	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	0.9	Dim
30	0.9	Dim

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Olenegorsk?

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

1.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Olenegorsk.

What to pack for Olenegorsk in September

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

In September, Olenegorsk sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Olenegorsk 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 Olenegorsk peaks around July 13 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	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 Olenegorsk?

Olenegorsk sits at 68.1°N, 33.3°E, 170 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Monchegorsk, 28 km away.

Topography around Olenegorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olenegorsk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 573 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,364 m.

The land around Olenegorsk is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) within 80 km.

3 km

420 m

trees 60%

16 km

573 m

trees 73%

80 km

1,364 m

trees 62%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

September weather nearby: Monchegorsk 28 km · Kirovsk 61 km · Apatity 63 km · Murmansk 92 km · Polyarnyye Zori 92 km · Severomorsk 103 km · Kandalaksha 116 km · Polyarnyy 118 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 Olenegorsk (68.1432°, 33.2529°, elevation 170 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	13	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	5
8	11	5
9	11	5
10	11	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	10	5
14	10	4
15	10	4
16	10	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	3
24	8	3
25	8	3
26	7	3
27	7	3
28	7	3
29	7	2
30	7	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	16	84
10	16	84
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	100	0
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