page_title: Vorkuta
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Vorkuta / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Miner's College in Vorkuta, built in 1957–9 after a project by G. V. Gontskevich.
context_page_description: Vorkuta is a coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin at the river Vorkuta. Population: 70,548; 84,917; 115,646.
  Vorkuta is the fourth largest city north of the Arctic Circle and the easternmost town in Europe. It is also the coldest city in all of Europe, boasting a record cold temperature of -52 degrees C.
context_section_description: Vorkuta has a subarctic climate with short cool summers and very cold and snowy winters. The average February temperature is about −20 °C (−4 °F), and in July it is about +13 °C (55 °F).
  The polar day in Vorkuta lasts from 30 May to 14 July, the polar night lasts from 17 December to 27 December.
caption: Mining College in Vorkuta
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