Penza climate

Name: Penza
Address: RU

Penza is warmest in July, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -12 °C. June is the wettest month (63 mm) and February the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Penza averages 574 mm of rain, 41 days above 25 °C and 160 days below freezing.

Russia · population 523,553 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month February -12 °C
Driest month February 34 mm
Wettest month June 63 mm
Least cloud July 50 % cloud
Hottest on record August 38 °C
Coldest on record December -35 °C

What to expectPenza through the year

Penza has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -5.7 °C in February to 25 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 41 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 160 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 34 mm in February to 63 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.2 °C	39 mm	90 %
February	-5.7 °C	34 mm	83 %
March	0.2 °C	37 mm	71 %
April	10.9 °C	43 mm	63 %
May	18.9 °C	50 mm	55 %
June	22.7 °C	63 mm	54 %
July	24.9 °C	63 mm	50 %
August	23.3 °C	59 mm	52 %
September	17.1 °C	54 mm	64 %
October	9.0 °C	51 mm	76 %
November	0.6 °C	41 mm	85 %
December	-4.5 °C	40 mm	89 %

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	-6.2 °C	-11.4 °C	-8.6 °C	6.0 °C	-34.1 °C	0	0	30
February	-5.7 °C	-11.6 °C	-8.4 °C	7.1 °C	-34.1 °C	0	0	28
March	0.2 °C	-6.8 °C	-3.1 °C	16.3 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	29
April	10.9 °C	0.9 °C	6.2 °C	24.9 °C	-15.8 °C	0	0	13
May	18.9 °C	8.3 °C	14.1 °C	33.7 °C	-3.1 °C	4	0	1
June	22.7 °C	12.9 °C	18.4 °C	35.7 °C	1.3 °C	10	2	0
July	24.9 °C	15.4 °C	20.6 °C	37.8 °C	6.6 °C	15	4	0
August	23.3 °C	14.0 °C	18.9 °C	38.0 °C	3.0 °C	11	3	0
September	17.1 °C	9.0 °C	13.1 °C	31.2 °C	-3.0 °C	2	0	0
October	9.0 °C	2.9 °C	6.0 °C	22.4 °C	-14.0 °C	0	0	8
November	0.6 °C	-3.7 °C	-1.5 °C	13.9 °C	-30.4 °C	0	0	22
December	-4.5 °C	-9.2 °C	-6.7 °C	7.4 °C	-35.2 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	9	8.1 h/day	90 %	85 %	19 km/h
February	34 mm	8	9.8 h/day	83 %	83 %	20 km/h
March	37 mm	9	12 h/day	71 %	82 %	20 km/h
April	43 mm	8	14 h/day	63 %	71 %	19 km/h
May	50 mm	9	16 h/day	55 %	65 %	18 km/h
June	63 mm	10	17 h/day	54 %	67 %	17 km/h
July	63 mm	10	16 h/day	50 %	67 %	16 km/h
August	59 mm	9	15 h/day	52 %	67 %	16 km/h
September	54 mm	9	13 h/day	64 %	71 %	17 km/h
October	51 mm	9	11 h/day	76 %	78 %	19 km/h
November	41 mm	8	8.7 h/day	85 %	82 %	18 km/h
December	40 mm	10	7.6 h/day	89 %	85 %	19 km/h

How Penza compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Penza	25 °C	-12 °C	574 mm	41
Saransk · Russia	24 °C	-12 °C	596 mm	35
Saratov · Russia	27 °C	-11 °C	446 mm	61
Engels · Russia	28 °C	-11 °C	443 mm	67
Syzran · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	493 mm	53
Ulyanovsk · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	515 mm	35
Tolyatti · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	491 mm	43

Where Penza ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	15th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	48th of 50	87/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Penza’s climate

When is the best time to visit Penza?

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 Penza get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -12 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 160 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Penza?

June, averaging 63 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 574 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 Penza 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: 53.196°, 45.011° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.