Rudnyy weather in May

In May, Rudnyy sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rudnyy's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rudnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
5:57 AM – 9:31 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Rudnyy is Quarry and industrial city in the European part, Kostanay region of Kazakhstan.

Density
642/km²
people per km²
Founded
1955

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 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Rudnyy reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Rudnyy

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.

Rudnyy 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-11° / -18°175.367.90.0
Feb-9° / -17°174.75.59.50.0
Mar-2° / -10°245.34.711.50.0
Apr11° / 296.61.713.62.9
May20° / 458.20.215.56.6
Jun25° / 13°388.1016.67.2
Jul26° / 15°518.6016.26.9
Aug25° / 13°427.6014.57.2
Sep18° / 326.40.112.46.1
Oct10° / 327.22.310.32.2
Nov-2° / -8°245.95.28.40.0
Dec-9° / -16°2266.97.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Rudnyy gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1243
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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 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 6:25 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 9:05 PM to 9:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.76:259:05
214.76:239:07
314.86:219:09
414.96:199:10
514.96:179:12
615.06:159:14
715.06:139:15
815.16:119:17
915.26:099:19
1015.26:079:21
1115.36:059:22
1215.36:049:24
1315.46:029:26
1415.56:009:27
1515.55:599:29
1615.65:579:31
1715.65:559:32
1815.75:549:34
1915.75:529:35
2015.85:519:37
2115.85:499:38
2215.95:489:40
2315.95:479:41
2416.05:459:43
2516.05:449:44
2616.05:439:46
2716.15:429:47
2816.15:419:48
2916.25:409:50
3016.25:399:51
3116.25:389:52

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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266.0Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Rudnyy?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Rudnyy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rudnyy in May

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

In May, Rudnyy sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rudnyy 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 Rudnyy peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rudnyy?

Rudnyy sits at 53.0°N, 63.1°E, 158 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kostanay, 44 km away.

KartalyYuzhnoural’skPlastYemanzhelinsk

Topography around Rudnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rudnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 618 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 616 m.

The land around Rudnyy is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
618 m
80 km
616 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kostanay 44 km · Lisakovsk 63 km · Zhitikara 156 km · Troitsk 161 km · Kartaly 165 km · Yuzhnoural’sk 204 km · Plast 217 km · Yemanzhelinsk 230 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,692
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
92%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Muslim 69%Christian 17%non-believers 2%Buddhism 0%

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 Rudnyy (52.9724°, 63.1106°, elevation 158 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).