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Oymyakon Climate & Temperature

⛺ Oymyakon has a subarctic climate that has severe, very cold winters, no dry season, with cool, short summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfd).boreal subarctic climate with no dry season and extreme winters (Dfd)

⛳ Oymyakon is situated in or near the subpolar rain tundra biome.

🌡️ The annual mean temperature is -15.5 degrees Celsius (4.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 61.3 °C (110.3°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype hypercontinental.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 212 mm (8.3 inches) which is equivalent to 212 Litres/m² (5.2 Gallons/ft²).

Oymyakon Climate Graph

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In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -40°C (-39.9°F) on average falling to -48.7°C (-55.7°F) overnight.

In spring time temperatures climb reaching -5.1°C (22.8°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of -22.9°C (-9.2°F).

During summer average high temperatures are 20.3°C (68.5°F) and average low temperatures are 4.3°C (39.7°F).

Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of -10.3°C (13.4°F) during the day and lows of -21.1°C (-6°F) generally shortly after sunrise.

✨ The longest day of the year is 19:55 long on the 22 of June and the shortest day is 4:04 long on the 21 of December.

🌞 On average there are 1911 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Oymyakon you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Base Orcadas, Antarctica where you would find a Tundra climate.

🌍Oymyakon, Russia is at 63°16'N, 143°9'E, 740 m (2428 ft). Check the location on the map.

Oymyakon Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-43 (-45) -35 (-32) -21 (-5) -4 (25) 9 (48) 20 (68) 23 (73) 18 (65) 9 (48) -9 (15) -31 (-23) -42 (-44) -9 (16)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-46 (-52) -42 (-44) -31 (-24) -14 (8) 3 (37) 13 (55) 15 (59) 10 (51) 2 (36) -15 (5) -35 (-31) -46 (-50) -16 (4)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
-50 (-58) -47 (-53) -40 (-40) -24 (-11) -5 (24) 4 (39) 6 (43) 3 (37) -4 (25) -20 (-5) -39 (-39) -49 (-56) -22 (-8)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
6 (0) 7 (0) 5 (0) 6 (0) 13 (1) 34 (1) 45 (2) 39 (2) 23 (1) 14 (1) 12 (0) 8 (0) 212 (8)
Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
12 (39) 10 (35) 8 (26) 5 (17) 8 (26) 12 (40) 12 (39) 12 (39) 10 (33) 11 (35) 15 (50) 12 (39) 127 (35)
Average Sunlight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
0h 56' 4h 04' 7h 13' 8h 56' 8h 25' 8h 56' 8h 48' 6h 54' 4h 40' 2h 25' 1h 24' 0h 03' 5h 13'
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
5h 53' 8h 41' 11h 49' 15h 04' 18h 11' 20h 11' 19h 14' 16h 18' 13h 04' 9h 49' 6h 43' 4h 47' 12h 00'
Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
17 (83) 50 (50) 64 (36) 61 (39) 48 (52) 45 (55) 47 (53) 44 (56) 37 (63) 26 (74) 22 (78) 2 (98) 44 (56)
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
6.9 16.1 26.9 38.5 46.9 50.2 47.2 38.9 27.5 16.1 6.9 3.5 27.1


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