Nizhnevartovsk climate — normals and trends
Nizhnevartovsk (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -2.2 °C and it receives 575 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Nizhnevartovsk averages 218 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Nizhnevartovsk has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 227 to 209 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 4 June 2023) and the coldest -54.3 °C (on 12 January 2006).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
NizhnevartovskKhanty-Mansia
- coords
- 60.93°, 76.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-2.2°C
Average daily high
1.5°C
Average daily low
-6.3°C
Annual rainfall
575mm
Sunshine / day
6.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
38.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
218 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
157.3 cm
Average feels-like high
-2.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-10.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.6 °C
4 June 2023
Coldest day
-54.3 °C
12 January 2006
Wettest day
64 mm
15 June 1945
Windiest day
51.7 km/h
31 March 2022
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
22 March 2016
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
4 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
-59.7 °C
12 January 2006
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
17 April 1988
Sunniest day
18.0 h
1 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -10.0 °C | +7.9 °C | 58 mm | +35 mm |
| Feb | -10.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | -1.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 34 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 2.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 10.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 67 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 108 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 64 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 14.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 32 mm | -30 mm |
| Oct | 2.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 37 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | -6.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 51 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | -15.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 42 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizhnevartovsk?
Nizhnevartovsk has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -2.2 °C and it receives 575 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizhnevartovsk?
The hottest day measured in Nizhnevartovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 2023, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizhnevartovsk?
The coldest day measured in Nizhnevartovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2006, at -54.3 °C.
Does it snow in Nizhnevartovsk?
Yes. Nizhnevartovsk gets on average 157.3 cm of snow per year and has around 218 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizhnevartovsk warmed?
Yes: Nizhnevartovsk warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizhnevartovsk?
The wettest day measured in Nizhnevartovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1945, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizhnevartovsk?
The windiest day measured in Nizhnevartovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2022, with winds reaching 51.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizhnevartovsk?
The warmest month in Nizhnevartovsk is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-21.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizhnevartovsk?
Nizhnevartovsk receives on average 575 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizhnevartovsk?
Nizhnevartovsk gets on average 6.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,409 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nizhnevartovsk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizhnevartovsk between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1988, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizhnevartovsk?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nizhnevartovsk.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizhnevartovsk?
In Nizhnevartovsk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 4 August 2020, and the lowest was -59.7 °C on 12 January 2006.
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