Gori weather in May

In May, Gori sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 141 mm of precipitation across 14.8 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°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 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gori's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gori's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
141 mm
14.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:49 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover
63%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Gori is city in Georgia.

Density
2,489/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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gori reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1156
2157
3167
4167
5167
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7167
8178
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10178
11178
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How May really feels in Gori

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.

Gori weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°499.59.29.30.0
Feb / -5°479.38.610.30.0
Mar / -1°8812.66.911.71.0
Apr13° / 12714.82.413.13.2
May18° / 14114.80.114.35.1
Jun22° / 13°10411.20156.6
Jul25° / 15°779.7014.77.3
Aug26° / 15°698.9013.77.3
Sep21° / 11°708.7012.36.9
Oct16° / 89100.310.95.0
Nov / 629.13.69.61.8
Dec / -4°569.96.690.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33862
43862
53862
63763
73763
83961
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103961
114060
124060
134060
144159
154258
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314654

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Gori gets around 141 mm of rain and snow over 14.8 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 48% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1512
2512
3512
4511
5511
6511
7511
8501
9501
10501
11491
12481
13481
14471
15460
16460
17450
18450
19440
20440
21440
22440
23450
24450
25460
26470
27470
28480
29480
30480
31490

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 95% 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
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
169820
179730
189730
199640
209550
219460
229370
239280
249190
2590100
2688120
2787130
2885141
2983161
3082171
3180191

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, 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
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 8:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:077:55
213.86:067:56
313.96:047:57
413.96:037:58
514.06:027:59
614.06:008:00
714.05:598:01
814.15:588:02
914.15:578:03
1014.25:558:04
1114.25:548:06
1214.25:538:07
1314.35:528:08
1414.35:518:09
1514.35:508:10
1614.45:498:11
1714.45:488:12
1814.45:478:13
1914.55:468:14
2014.55:458:15
2114.55:448:16
2214.65:438:17
2314.65:428:18
2414.65:428:19
2514.65:418:20
2614.75:408:21
2714.75:398:21
2814.75:398:22
2914.85:388:23
3014.85:388:24
3114.85:378:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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145.5Bright
155.5Bright
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305.8Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gori?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gori for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gori in May

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

In May, Gori sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gori in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gori peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gori?

Gori sits at 42.0°N, 44.1°E, 602 m above sea level, in Georgia. The nearest listed city is Ts’khinvali, 29 km away.

KhashuriTbilisiMarneuliRustaviKazbegiZestaponiAkhaltsikhe

Topography around Gori

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gori has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m around an average of 649 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,445 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,641 m.

The land around Gori is covered by grassland (40%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (31%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
548 m
16 km
1,445 m
80 km
3,641 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Ts’khinvali 29 km · Khashuri 42 km · Tbilisi 68 km · Marneuli 79 km · Rustavi 86 km · Kazbegi 86 km · Zestaponi 90 km · Akhaltsikhe 101 km

Georgia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$9,692
2025
Happiness
5.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
71%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
12.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 541
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Christian 83%Muslim 11%Armenian Apostolic Christian 3%other 1%

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 Gori (41.9853°, 44.1129°, elevation 602 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).