Saransk climate

Name: Saransk
Address: RU

Saransk is warmest in July, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -12 °C. June is the wettest month (70 mm) and February the driest (33 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Saransk averages 596 mm of rain, 35 days above 25 °C and 165 days below freezing.

Russia · population 318,841 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month February -12 °C
Driest month February 33 mm
Wettest month June 70 mm
Least cloud July 52 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record December -35 °C

What to expectSaransk through the year

Saransk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -6.2 °C in February to 24 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 35 days a year reach 25 °C, 6 of them reach 30 °C, 165 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 33 mm in February to 70 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-6.7 °C	38 mm	91 %
February	-6.2 °C	33 mm	83 %
March	-0.4 °C	35 mm	72 %
April	10.1 °C	44 mm	64 %
May	18.3 °C	50 mm	56 %
June	22.0 °C	70 mm	56 %
July	24.1 °C	69 mm	52 %
August	22.4 °C	67 mm	55 %
September	16.2 °C	57 mm	67 %
October	8.2 °C	52 mm	77 %
November	-0.0 °C	42 mm	85 %
December	-5.0 °C	40 mm	90 %

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	-6.7 °C	-11.8 °C	-9.0 °C	5.4 °C	-34.5 °C	0	0	31
February	-6.2 °C	-12.0 °C	-8.8 °C	5.5 °C	-34.3 °C	0	0	28
March	-0.4 °C	-7.1 °C	-3.5 °C	15.5 °C	-26.5 °C	0	0	29
April	10.1 °C	0.4 °C	5.6 °C	23.2 °C	-17.5 °C	0	0	14
May	18.3 °C	7.9 °C	13.6 °C	32.6 °C	-3.5 °C	4	0	1
June	22.0 °C	12.5 °C	17.8 °C	35.5 °C	1.3 °C	8	1	0
July	24.1 °C	15.0 °C	20.0 °C	37.3 °C	7.3 °C	13	2	0
August	22.4 °C	13.5 °C	18.2 °C	37.4 °C	3.0 °C	9	2	0
September	16.2 °C	8.6 °C	12.4 °C	29.8 °C	-3.5 °C	1	0	0
October	8.2 °C	2.4 °C	5.4 °C	22.2 °C	-15.5 °C	0	0	9
November	-0.0 °C	-4.2 °C	-2.0 °C	13.0 °C	-29.3 °C	0	0	23
December	-5.0 °C	-9.6 °C	-7.1 °C	7.3 °C	-35.2 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	38 mm	9	7.9 h/day	91 %	85 %	20 km/h
February	33 mm	8	9.7 h/day	83 %	83 %	20 km/h
March	35 mm	8	12 h/day	72 %	82 %	20 km/h
April	44 mm	9	14 h/day	64 %	72 %	19 km/h
May	50 mm	10	16 h/day	56 %	65 %	18 km/h
June	70 mm	11	17 h/day	56 %	68 %	17 km/h
July	69 mm	11	17 h/day	52 %	69 %	15 km/h
August	67 mm	10	15 h/day	55 %	69 %	16 km/h
September	57 mm	10	13 h/day	67 %	73 %	18 km/h
October	52 mm	10	11 h/day	77 %	79 %	19 km/h
November	42 mm	9	8.5 h/day	85 %	83 %	19 km/h
December	40 mm	10	7.4 h/day	90 %	85 %	19 km/h

How Saransk 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
Saransk	24 °C	-12 °C	596 mm	35
Penza · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	574 mm	41
Ulyanovsk · Russia	24 °C	-13 °C	515 mm	35
Syzran · Russia	26 °C	-13 °C	493 mm	53
Nizhniy Novgorod · Russia	23 °C	-12 °C	605 mm	28
Cheboksary · Russia	23 °C	-13 °C	594 mm	28
Tolyatti · Russia	25 °C	-12 °C	491 mm	43

Where Saransk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in August	44thof 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in Europe in July	44thof 50	87/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Saransk.

QuestionsCommon questions about Saransk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Saransk?

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 Saransk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 6 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -12 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 165 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Saransk?

June, averaging 70 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 33 mm. The year as a whole averages 596 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 Saransk 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
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.