Climate averages 1991–2020
Penza weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Penza: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuznetsk (106 km away). In March its highs average 0.0°C, about as warm as Penza, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Penza ranks joint 119th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 168th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Penza is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.7°C to 10.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Penza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | -5.7°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 33 | 7.7 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 0.1°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 42 | 8.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 49 | 9.3 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 10.4 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 63 | 10.4 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.0°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 52 | 9.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 0.5°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 40 | 8.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -4.6°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.68 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Kuznetsk in MarchRussia · 106 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Saransk in MarchRussia · 110 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Saratov in MarchRussia · 196 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Engels in MarchRussia · 204 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Vol’sk in MarchRussia · 205 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Balashov in MarchRussia · 221 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Sarov in MarchRussia · 224 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Balakovo in MarchRussia · 229 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Penza) is explained once on the Penza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.