Climate averages 1991–2020
Saransk weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Saransk: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Penza (110 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Saransk, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Saransk ranks joint 92nd of 236 for the warmest August highs and joint 130th of 236 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 236 cities is 22.4°C; Saransk is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Saransk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.7°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 37 | 9.4 | 8.08 h |
| February | -6.1°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 32 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | -0.4°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 35 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 44 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 18.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 50 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 68 | 11.7 | 17.117 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 67 | 11.1 | 16.617 h |
| August, selected | 22.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 67 | 10.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 56 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 0.0°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| December | -5.0°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 40 | 10.7 | 7.57 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
August in nearby cities
- Penza in AugustRussia · 110 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Sarov in AugustRussia · 147 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Kuznetsk in AugustRussia · 152 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Arzamas in AugustRussia · 159 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Ulyanovsk in AugustRussia · 209 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Syzran in AugustRussia · 245 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Nizhniy Novgorod in AugustRussia · 250 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Murom in AugustRussia · 253 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
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 Saransk) is explained once on the Saransk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.