The coldest city in the world with 270 days of snow a year.

The coldest city in the world with 270 days of snow a year. 

The northern hemisphere is currently in the grip of cold and the daylight is getting colder and colder, but the weather is not as common in other cities as the Russian city of Norilsk. Residents do not even see the sun until mid-January and it is said to be the coldest city in the world.

It is one of the two Siberian cities that remain frozen all year round, with more than 175,000 residents experiencing an average temperature of minus 61 degrees Celsius in winter.

The overall year-round temperature is minus 10 degrees Celsius, which is why it is also called the coldest city because the average temperature in Yakutsk, another Siberian city, is even higher.

Then there is the snow and the city is covered with snow for 270 days throughout the year and one out of every 3 days the residents face a blizzard.

This city is completely cut off from the world, every city in the world with a population of one million or more, Norilsk is located in the far north and despite the large area there are no roads.

The city is located 1,800 miles from Moscow and can only be reached by plane or boat, and is so different from the rest of the world that its inhabitants often call Russia the mainland.

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But apart from that, there is a lot of hustle and bustle in the city, public transport, cafes, art galleries, a big cinema and other modern facilities, while new people are constantly coming here to live, due to good income.

Because the city has reserves of platinum, nickel and palladium and is considered to be the richest city in Russia.

These are very precious metals and the income of their miners is very good, while most of them are owned by a company whose income is equal to 2% of the total GDP of Russia.

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Thanks to its ears, it is one of the most polluted cities in the world as well as the world's coldest city. Content is available.

As a result of mining, the water of the nearby river had turned red some time ago.

By the way, the people here do not like the cold weather and pollution and call it beautiful where they do not like to move.

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By the way, the coldest village in the world is also in the region where the average temperature in January is minus 50 degrees Celsius and the ice freezes in the blink of an eye as soon as it comes out of the four walls.

Pipes are not installed on houses here as there is a fear of them exploding due to freezing of water. Vehicles are always moving so that petrol does not freeze.

This is Omiyakon in the Russian state of Siberia, where an electronic temperature thermometer exploded in early 2018 at minus 62 degrees Celsius.