Ivanovo weather in May

In May, Ivanovo sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ivanovo's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ivanovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
5:31 AM – 8:58 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Ivanovo is city in Belarus.

Founded
1350

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ivanovo reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ivanovo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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

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

Ivanovo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°359.36.680.0
Feb / -5°339.179.50.0
Mar / -1°409.9411.50.6
Apr13° / 469.91.213.63.7
May19° / 6912.1015.45.8
Jun22° / 12°6912.2016.46.2
Jul24° / 14°8912.80166.5
Aug24° / 13°609.6014.46.9
Sep18° / 579.3012.45.7
Oct12° / 489.40.510.43.0
Nov / 439.13.38.50.4
Dec / -4°4210.26.37.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ivanovo gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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434
535
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1139
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3138

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99550
109460
119271
129181
139091
1489101
1588111
1687121
1786131
1884142
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2181163
2281163
2380164
2479174
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2678175
2778175
2878175
2977176
3077176
3176186

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 9:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:578:33
214.75:558:35
314.75:538:36
414.85:518:38
514.85:508:40
614.95:488:41
715.05:468:43
815.05:448:45
915.15:428:46
1015.15:418:48
1115.25:398:50
1215.25:378:51
1315.35:358:53
1415.35:348:54
1515.45:328:56
1615.45:318:58
1715.55:298:59
1815.55:289:01
1915.65:269:02
2015.65:259:04
2115.75:239:05
2215.75:229:07
2315.85:219:08
2415.85:209:09
2515.95:189:11
2615.95:179:12
2716.05:169:13
2816.05:159:15
2916.05:149:16
3016.15:139:17
3116.15:129:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ivanovo?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ivanovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ivanovo in May

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

In May, Ivanovo sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ivanovo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ivanovo peaks around July 17 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
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Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ivanovo?

Ivanovo sits at 52.1°N, 25.5°E, 142 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Pinsk, 37 km away.

PinskByarozaIvatsevichiKobrynPruzhanyLuninyetsVarashSlonim

Topography around Ivanovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ivanovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 151 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m.

The land around Ivanovo is covered by cropland (49%), artificial surfaces (21%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), cropland (26%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
59 m
80 km
82 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Pinsk 37 km · Byaroza 57 km · Ivatsevichi 64 km · Kobryn 80 km · Pruzhany 86 km · Luninyets 87 km · Varash 92 km · Slonim 106 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

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 Ivanovo (52.1472°, 25.532°, elevation 142 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).