Penza weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Penza is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with May and July close behind. Penza averages about 2,027 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 47 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,027
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 587 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 524k
- Elevation
- 179 m
When is the best time to visit Penza?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Penza is August, then May and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 45 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Penza?
Penza gets a moderate 2,027 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate August (82) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #68 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 587 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 45 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 35 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| April | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| May | 81 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 54 mm | 4 |
| June | 79 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 64 mm | 5 |
| July | 80 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 58 mm | 5 |
| August | 82 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 47 mm | 4 |
| September | 75 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| October | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 56 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 50 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 44 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Saratov Russia · 174 km · best in Aug · 2,262 h sun/yr
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 247 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Samara Russia · 344 km · best in May · 2,099 h sun/yr
- Nizhny Novgorod Russia · 356 km · best in Aug · 1,753 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 364 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Kazan Russia · 391 km · best in Aug · 1,964 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Saransk Russia · 114 km · 1,949 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balakovo Russia · 231 km · 2,263 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 287 km · 1,993 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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