Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarov weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Sarov: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arzamas (60 km away). In April its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Sarov, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sarov ranks joint 100th of 236 for the warmest April highs and joint 172nd of 236 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 236 cities is 9.5°C; Sarov is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sarov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 39 | 11.3 | 7.98 h |
| February | -5.2°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 36 | 8.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.6°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 | 11.7 | 17.217 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 73 | 11.4 | 16.817 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 58 | 10.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 0.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 45 | 9.6 | 8.58 h |
| December | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 45 | 10.9 | 7.37 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
April in nearby cities
- Arzamas in AprilRussia · 60 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Murom in AprilRussia · 107 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Dzerzhinsk in AprilRussia · 144 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Saransk in AprilRussia · 147 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nizhniy Novgorod in AprilRussia · 159 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Kovrov in AprilRussia · 201 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Penza in AprilRussia · 224 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Vladimir in AprilRussia · 226 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 42 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 Sarov) is explained once on the Sarov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.