Climate averages 1991–2020
Saransk weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Saransk: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Penza (110 km away). In October its highs average 9.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Saransk, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Saransk ranks joint 90th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 97th of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Saransk is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.2°C to 0.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 51 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Penza in OctoberRussia · 110 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Sarov in OctoberRussia · 147 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Kuznetsk in OctoberRussia · 152 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Arzamas in OctoberRussia · 159 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Ulyanovsk in OctoberRussia · 209 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Syzran in OctoberRussia · 245 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Nizhniy Novgorod in OctoberRussia · 250 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Murom in OctoberRussia · 253 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 59 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.