Murmansk climate
Murmansk is warmest in July, with average highs of 16 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. July is the wettest month (69 mm) and February the driest (22 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Murmansk averages 532 mm of rain, 2 days above 25 °C and 211 days below freezing.
Russia · population 295,374 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 16 °C
- Coldest month January -13 °C
- Driest month February 22 mm
- Wettest month July 69 mm
- Least cloud July 74 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 31 °C
- Coldest on record January -43 °C
What to expectMurmansk through the year
Murmansk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -8.2 °C in January to 16 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 211 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 69 mm against 22 mm in February — 3.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.2 °C | 26 mm | 84 % |
| February | -7.9 °C | 22 mm | 82 % |
| March | -3.1 °C | 29 mm | 75 % |
| April | 2.1 °C | 35 mm | 75 % |
| May | 7.5 °C | 51 mm | 78 % |
| June | 12.7 °C | 66 mm | 77 % |
| July | 16.5 °C | 69 mm | 74 % |
| August | 14.2 °C | 64 mm | 79 % |
| September | 9.5 °C | 56 mm | 80 % |
| October | 2.4 °C | 56 mm | 82 % |
| November | -3.1 °C | 30 mm | 87 % |
| December | -5.6 °C | 28 mm | 85 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.2 °C | -13.5 °C | -10.8 °C | 3.7 °C | -42.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| February | -7.9 °C | -13.1 °C | -10.3 °C | 4.7 °C | -33.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| March | -3.1 °C | -9.0 °C | -5.9 °C | 6.1 °C | -25.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| April | 2.1 °C | -4.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 17.4 °C | -18.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| May | 7.5 °C | 0.1 °C | 4.3 °C | 26.9 °C | -9.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| June | 12.7 °C | 5.3 °C | 9.3 °C | 27.8 °C | -3.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 16.5 °C | 9.2 °C | 13.1 °C | 30.5 °C | 2.5 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 14.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 11.4 °C | 27.8 °C | 1.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 9.5 °C | 4.5 °C | 7.1 °C | 22.1 °C | -3.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| October | 2.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 0.7 °C | 11.6 °C | -15.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| November | -3.1 °C | -7.2 °C | -5.0 °C | 7.0 °C | -27.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| December | -5.6 °C | -10.5 °C | -8.0 °C | 5.2 °C | -32.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26 mm | 8 | 2.2 h/day | 84 % | 84 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 22 mm | 6 | 7.5 h/day | 82 % | 83 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 29 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 80 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 35 mm | 9 | 16 h/day | 75 % | 76 % | 16 km/h |
| May | 51 mm | 12 | 21 h/day | 78 % | 72 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 66 mm | 12 | 24 h/day | 77 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 69 mm | 13 | 24 h/day | 74 % | 76 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 64 mm | 12 | 18 h/day | 79 % | 80 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 56 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 80 % | 84 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 56 mm | 12 | 9.3 h/day | 82 % | 89 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 30 mm | 8 | 4.5 h/day | 87 % | 88 % | 16 km/h |
| December | 28 mm | 9 | 0 h/day | 85 % | 86 % | 16 km/h |
Where Murmansk ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Europe in September | 2nd of 50 | 9.5 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in May | 3rd of 50 | 7.5 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in August | 4th of 50 | 14 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in June | 5th of 50 | 13 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in October | 5th of 50 | 2.4 °C |
| The coolest places in Europe in April | 6th of 50 | 2.1 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Murmansk.
QuestionsCommon questions about Murmansk’s climate
When is the best time to visit Murmansk?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Murmansk get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 16 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 211 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Murmansk?
July, averaging 69 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 22 mm. The year as a whole averages 532 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Murmansk rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 68.968°, 33.099° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.