diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
index 469d44ea0..fbb87c35c 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/series.pyi
@@ -4610,14 +4610,33 @@ class Series(IndexOpsMixin[S1], ElementOpsMixin[S1], NDFrame):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> np_1darray: ...
     def tolist(self) -> list[S1]: ...
+    @overload
     def var(
-        self,
+        self: Series[Never],
         axis: AxisIndex | None = 0,
         skipna: _bool | None = True,
         ddof: int = 1,
         numeric_only: _bool = False,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> Scalar: ...
+    ) -> float: ...
+    @overload
+    def var(
+        self: Series[complex],
+        axis: AxisIndex | None = 0,
+        skipna: _bool | None = True,
+        ddof: int = 1,
+        numeric_only: _bool = False,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> np.float64: ...
+    @overload
+    def var(
+        self: SupportsGetItem[Scalar, SupportsTruedivInt[S2]],
+        axis: AxisIndex | None = 0,
+        skipna: _bool | None = True,
+        ddof: int = 1,
+        numeric_only: _bool = False,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> S2: ...
     # Rename axis with `mapper`, `axis`, and `inplace=True`
     @overload
     def rename_axis(
diff --git a/tests/series/test_agg.py b/tests/series/test_agg.py
index 2ed73502d..5c1cedf35 100644
--- a/tests/series/test_agg.py
+++ b/tests/series/test_agg.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def test_agg_any_float() -> None:
     check(assert_type(series.mean(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.median(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.std(), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(series.var(), float), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_agg_bool() -> None:
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def test_agg_bool() -> None:
     check(assert_type(series.mean(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.median(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.std(), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(series.var(), float), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_agg_int() -> None:
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ def test_agg_int() -> None:
     check(assert_type(series.mean(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.median(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.std(), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(series.var(), float), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_agg_float() -> None:
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ def test_agg_float() -> None:
     check(assert_type(series.mean(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.median(), float), np.float64)
     check(assert_type(series.std(), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(series.var(), float), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_agg_complex() -> None:
@@ -57,6 +61,11 @@ def test_agg_complex() -> None:
         ),
     ):
         check(assert_type(series.std(), np.float64), np.float64)
+    with pytest_warns_bounded(
+        np.exceptions.ComplexWarning,
+        r"Casting complex values to real discards the imaginary part",
+    ):
+        check(assert_type(series.var(), np.float64), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_agg_str() -> None:
@@ -65,6 +74,7 @@ def test_agg_str() -> None:
         series.mean()  # type: ignore[misc] # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
         series.median()  # type: ignore[misc] # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
         series.std()  # type: ignore[misc] # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
+        series.var()  # type: ignore[misc] # pyright: ignore[reportAttributeAccessIssue]
 
 
 def test_agg_ts() -> None:
@@ -83,3 +93,4 @@ def test_agg_td() -> None:
     check(assert_type(series.mean(), pd.Timedelta), pd.Timedelta)
     check(assert_type(series.median(), pd.Timedelta), pd.Timedelta)
     check(assert_type(series.std(), pd.Timedelta), pd.Timedelta)
+    # Note: var() is not supported for Timedelta series at runtime
diff --git a/tests/series/test_series.py b/tests/series/test_series.py
index 96d3e411c..af6a40b25 100644
--- a/tests/series/test_series.py
+++ b/tests/series/test_series.py
@@ -780,9 +780,9 @@ def test_types_abs() -> None:
 
 def test_types_var() -> None:
     s = pd.Series([-10, 2, 3, 10])
-    s.var()
-    s.var(axis=0, ddof=1)
-    s.var(skipna=True, numeric_only=False)
+    check(assert_type(s.var(), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(s.var(axis=0, ddof=1), float), np.float64)
+    check(assert_type(s.var(skipna=True, numeric_only=False), float), np.float64)
 
 
 def test_types_std() -> None: