Best year time to visit Mars

General weather information about Mars

Average annual temperature is 8.2 °C

Absolute maximum temperature: 32.3 °C

Absolute minimum temperature: -26.8 °C

Number of sunny days: 143 days

Number of rainy days: 179 days

Number of snow days: 43 days

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* Weather data for Mars Russia is based on climate observations for 2026 year

Mars air temperature forecast for each month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Absolute maximum temperature (°C)7.43.214.420.925.528.429.132.324.618.214.54.3
Average daytime temperature (°C)-1.5-2.06.014.519.222.523.725.621.211.04.5-0.6
Average temperature (°C)-3.9-4.82.19.813.817.919.220.515.67.72.0-2.6
Average night temperature (°C)-6.3-8.5-1.94.67.212.014.415.510.24.0-0.6-4.7
Absolute minimum temperature (°C)-26.8-19.3-9.31.1-1.04.210.110.96.5-3.8-11.7-12.0

Mars monthly weather indicators

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight maximum duration (h)9.010.012.014.016.016.016.015.013.011.09.08.0
Daylight mean duration (h)8.39.911.913.915.816.716.314.712.710.68.87.8
Daylight minimum duration (h)7.09.010.012.014.016.015.013.011.09.08.07.0
Sunshine mean duration (h)2.13.75.68.212.510.012.111.110.54.52.20.5
Precipitation (mm)255659181177119110412711285
Sunny days159815171681127584
Rainy days971614141423203261518
Snow days7127100000079

Best time to visit Mars:

The best time to visit Mars during the most sunny months:

  • May — 12.5(h)
  • June — 10.0(h)
  • July — 12.1(h)
  • August — 11.1(h)
  • September — 10.5(h)

Months with the longest average daylight duration in Mars:

  • May — 15.8(h)
  • June — 16.7(h)
  • July — 16.3(h)

The largest precipitation sum in Mars is at

  • July — 119(mm)
  • August — 110(mm)
  • October — 127(mm)
  • November — 112(mm)
  • December — 85(mm)