Saransk weather in July

In July, Saransk sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Saransk's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saransk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
3:52 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
57%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Saransk is city in Russia.

Density
3,913/km²
people per km²
Founded
1641

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical July day in Saransk reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Saransk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Saransk weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -12°379.411.57.70.0
Feb-6° / -12°328.19.39.30.0
Mar / -7°358.48.311.50.0
Apr11° / 4492.313.72.6
May19° / 509.80.215.76.0
Jun22° / 12°6811.7016.86.4
Jul25° / 14°6711.1016.46.8
Aug23° / 12°6710.4014.66.7
Sep17° / 5610.1012.55.0
Oct / 5110.71.910.21.5
Nov / -5°419.678.20.0
Dec-5° / -10°4010.711.67.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54951
64951
75050
85248
95248
105347
115347
125347
135446
145446
155545
165446
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185446
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215347
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235248
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285149
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315149

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Saransk gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
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339
439
538
638
737
837
936
1036
1136
1235
1335
1435
1535
1635
1734
1834
1934
2034
2134
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2435
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2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3135

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15327182
25227192
35128192
45128192
55029192
64929202
74830202
84730212
94630212
104530222
114431233
124331233
134231243
144231243
154131243
164132253
174032253
184032253
194032253
203932254
213932254
223933254
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303934233
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:37 AM to 4:15 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 7:56 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.93:378:28
216.83:388:28
316.83:388:28
416.83:398:27
516.83:408:27
616.83:418:26
716.73:428:26
816.73:438:25
916.73:448:24
1016.63:458:23
1116.63:468:23
1216.63:478:22
1316.53:488:21
1416.53:508:20
1516.53:518:19
1616.43:528:18
1716.43:548:16
1816.33:558:15
1916.33:568:14
2016.33:588:13
2116.23:598:11
2216.24:018:10
2316.14:028:09
2416.14:048:07
2516.04:058:06
2616.04:078:04
2715.94:088:03
2815.84:108:01
2915.84:127:59
3015.74:137:58
3115.74:157:56

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.7Bright
35.7Bright
45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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205.6Bright
215.6Bright
225.6Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Saransk?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Saransk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saransk in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Saransk sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Saransk in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Saransk peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Saransk?

Saransk sits at 54.2°N, 45.2°E, 168 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ruzayevka, 20 km away.

Topography around Saransk

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Saransk.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saransk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m.

The land around Saransk is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), trees (36%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
260 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Ruzayevka 20 km · Nikol’sk 78 km · Kovylkino 83 km · Inza 85 km · Zarechnyy 109 km · Penza 110 km · Alatyr’ 117 km · Nizhniy Lomov 122 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Saransk (54.1848°, 45.1717°, elevation 168 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).