Climate averages 1991–2020
Saransk weather
in March.
A freezing 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 freezing month in Saransk: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 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 Penza (110 km away). In March its highs average 0.1°C, about as warm as Saransk, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Saransk ranks joint 132nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 142nd of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Saransk is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.5°C to 10.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 35 mm to 44 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
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, selected | -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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Penza in MarchRussia · 110 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Sarov in MarchRussia · 147 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kuznetsk in MarchRussia · 152 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Arzamas in MarchRussia · 159 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -6.5°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Ulyanovsk in MarchRussia · 209 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Syzran in MarchRussia · 245 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Nizhniy Novgorod in MarchRussia · 250 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Murom in MarchRussia · 253 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 32 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 Saransk) is explained once on the Saransk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.