Saransk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇺 Russia · regional city · continental climate
The best time to visit Saransk is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with July and June close behind. Saransk averages about 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 57 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,949
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 613 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 319k
- Elevation
- 203 m
When is the best time to visit Saransk?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Saransk is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 43 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Saransk?
Saransk gets a moderate 1,949 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #86 of 145 destinations in Russia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,004 hours. The year's 613 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 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 43 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -9° / 16°F | 39 mm | 2 |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| May | 74 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| June | 77 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 73 mm | 5 |
| July | 78 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 63 mm | 5 |
| August | 80 | 24° / 75°F | 13° / 55°F | 57 mm | 4 |
| September | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 52 mm | 3 |
| October | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 49 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 45 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 197 km · best in Aug · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Nizhny Novgorod Russia · 251 km · best in Aug · 1,753 h sun/yr
- Cheboksary Russia · 257 km · best in Aug · 1,757 h sun/yr
- Saratov Russia · 276 km · best in Aug · 2,262 h sun/yr
- Kazan Russia · 308 km · best in Aug · 1,964 h sun/yr
- Samara Russia · 332 km · best in May · 2,099 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Penza Russia · 114 km · 2,027 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ulyanovsk Russia · 235 km · 1,993 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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