Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarov weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Sarov: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arzamas (60 km away). In October its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Sarov, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sarov ranks joint 106th of 236 for the warmest October highs and joint 142nd of 236 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 236 cities is 8.6°C; Sarov is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.9°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 58 mm to 45 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Arzamas in OctoberRussia · 60 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Murom in OctoberRussia · 107 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Dzerzhinsk in OctoberRussia · 144 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Saransk in OctoberRussia · 147 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Nizhniy Novgorod in OctoberRussia · 159 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Kovrov in OctoberRussia · 201 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Penza in OctoberRussia · 224 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Vladimir in OctoberRussia · 226 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 60 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.