Oshmyany weather in May

In May, Oshmyany sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°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 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Oshmyany's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oshmyany's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
5:19 AM – 9:06 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Oshmyany is city in Belarus.

Density
1,994/km²
people per km²

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 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Oshmyany reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1155
2165
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10176
11177
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31209

How May really feels in Oshmyany

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.

Oshmyany weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -6°431197.70.0
Feb-1° / -6°39108.89.30.0
Mar / -3°4110.25.911.50.1
Apr11° / 489.81.813.72.9
May17° / 6912.50.215.75.2
Jun21° / 11°7613.1016.95.8
Jul23° / 13°9313.4016.46.2
Aug22° / 12°8012014.76.3
Sep16° / 5610.3012.54.9
Oct10° / 5710.8110.22.0
Nov / -1°43104.18.20.1
Dec-1° / -4°4611.18.37.10.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44456
54357
64456
74357
84258
94159
104060
113961
123961
133862
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153862
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203862
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284654
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314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oshmyany gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
133
234
335
435
536
637
738
838
939
1040
1140
1241
1341
1441
1542
1642
1742
1842
1942
2042
2142
2242
2342
2442
2541
2641
2740
2840
2940
3039
3139

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59910
69820
79820
89730
99730
109730
119640
129640
139451
149451
159361
169361
179271
189271
199181
209082
218992
228992
2388102
2488102
2587112
2687112
2786113
2885123
2985123
3084133
3184133

Wind in May

Winds average 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 8:38 PM to 9:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:498:38
214.95:478:40
315.05:448:42
415.05:428:44
515.15:408:46
615.25:388:48
715.25:368:49
815.35:348:51
915.35:328:53
1015.45:308:55
1115.55:288:57
1215.55:278:59
1315.65:259:00
1415.75:239:02
1515.75:219:04
1615.85:199:06
1715.85:189:07
1815.95:169:09
1915.95:149:11
2016.05:139:12
2116.05:119:14
2216.15:109:16
2316.15:089:17
2416.25:079:19
2516.25:069:20
2616.35:049:22
2716.35:039:23
2816.45:029:25
2916.45:019:26
3016.55:009:28
3116.54:589:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
84.9Bright
94.9Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oshmyany?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Oshmyany for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oshmyany in May

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

In May, Oshmyany sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Oshmyany 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 Oshmyany peaks around July 11 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 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Oshmyany?

Oshmyany sits at 54.4°N, 25.9°E, 211 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Astraviec, 22 km away.

Naujoji VilniaNaujininkaiAntakalnisNaujamiestisVilniusVilkpėdė

Topography around Oshmyany

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oshmyany has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m.

The land around Oshmyany is covered by cropland (46%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
173 m
80 km
277 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Astraviec 22 km · Smarhoń 30 km · Naujoji Vilnia 45 km · Naujininkai 50 km · Antakalnis 51 km · Naujamiestis 52 km · Vilnius 52 km · Vilkpėdė 53 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 Oshmyany (54.4181°, 25.9373°, elevation 211 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).