Vorkuta climate — normals and trends
Vorkuta (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -6.3 °C and it receives 623 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 (12.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-21.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Vorkuta averages 258 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Vorkuta has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 270 to 246 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 11 July 1990) and the coldest -50.9 °C (on 18 February 2010).
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
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- coords
- 67.51°, 64.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-6.3°C
Average daily high
-3.2°C
Average daily low
-10.0°C
Annual rainfall
623mm
Sunshine / day
5.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
25.2km/h
Seasonal range
34.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
258 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
245.8 cm
Average feels-like high
-8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-15.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
32.3 °C
11 July 1990
Coldest day
-50.9 °C
18 February 2010
Wettest day
40 mm
20 July 1964
Windiest day
109.2 km/h
6 May 1940
Strongest gust
121.3 km/h
7 April 1940
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
11 July 1990
Coldest feels-like
-56.2 °C
18 February 2010
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
6 May 2021
Sunniest day
22.7 h
25 June 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -15.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 37 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | -11.6 °C | +6.7 °C | 74 mm | +46 mm |
| Mar | -7.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 51 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | -5.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 57 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 0.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 48 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 11.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 96 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 14.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 61 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 18.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 101 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 10.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 98 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 1.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 58 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | -10.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | -17.8 °C | -2.5 °C | 41 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vorkuta?
Vorkuta has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -6.3 °C and it receives 623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vorkuta?
The hottest day measured in Vorkuta between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1990, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vorkuta?
The coldest day measured in Vorkuta between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2010, at -50.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vorkuta?
Yes. Vorkuta gets on average 245.8 cm of snow per year and has around 258 frost days.
Has the climate of Vorkuta warmed?
Yes: Vorkuta warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vorkuta?
The wettest day measured in Vorkuta between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1964, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vorkuta?
The windiest day measured in Vorkuta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 1940, with winds reaching 109.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vorkuta?
The warmest month in Vorkuta is July (12.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-21.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vorkuta?
Vorkuta receives on average 623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vorkuta?
Vorkuta gets on average 5.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,044 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vorkuta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vorkuta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 May 2021, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vorkuta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vorkuta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vorkuta?
In Vorkuta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 11 July 1990, and the lowest was -56.2 °C on 18 February 2010.
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