Dikson climate

Name: Dikson
Address: Taymyr, Kara Sea coast, Russia

Russia · Taymyr, Kara Sea coast · 73.507° N, 80.546° E

Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine

Russia's northernmost settlement: polar desert tundra, savage Arctic winds off the Kara Sea, frozen most of the year.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

August, 52°F / 11°C

Coldest month

January, -12°F / -25°C

Annual swing

65°F / 36°C

Wettest month

September

Driest month

December

Rain per year

8.2" / 209 mm

Snow per year

68.5" / 1741 mm

Elevation

161 ft / 49 m

Time zone

Asia/Krasnoyarsk

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-2 / -19	-12 / -25	0.01 / 0	7.3 / 187	74%	17.1 / 27.5	84%
February	2 / -17	-7 / -22	0.01 / 0	7.8 / 197	77%	18.5 / 29.8	87%
March	4 / -16	-6 / -21	0.01 / 0	6.5 / 166	77%	16.1 / 25.9	87%
April	16 / -9	7 / -14	0.04 / 1	6.4 / 164	81%	15.6 / 25.1	86%
May	29 / -2	23 / -5	0.43 / 11	5.9 / 150	86%	14.3 / 23.0	86%
June	39 / 4	33 / 1	1.09 / 28	3.0 / 77	90%	13.5 / 21.7	86%
July	49 / 9	41 / 5	1.53 / 39	0.7 / 17	87%	13.5 / 21.7	84%
August	52 / 11	46 / 8	2.33 / 59	0.0 / 0	87%	13.0 / 20.9	82%
September	43 / 6	38 / 3	2.19 / 56	2.9 / 73	83%	15.6 / 25.1	83%
October	29 / -2	23 / -5	0.57 / 14	11.6 / 294	83%	16.4 / 26.4	91%
November	12 / -11	3 / -16	0.02 / 1	10.1 / 256	82%	14.8 / 23.8	86%
December	3 / -16	-7 / -21	0.01 / 0	6.3 / 161	77%	16.6 / 26.7	86%

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