Abakan weather in May

In May, Abakan sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Abakan's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abakan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
5:01 AM – 8:41 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Abakan is capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.

Density
1,639/km²
people per km²
Founded
1800

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 15°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Abakan reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Abakan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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
4
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Abakan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-13° / -22°72.54.27.80.0
Feb-8° / -19°72.53.79.40.0
Mar / -10°113.23.511.50.2
Apr11° / -1°236.92.313.73.0
May19° / 389.50.315.65.9
Jun25° / 12°509.9016.76.7
Jul26° / 15°5710.6016.36.4
Aug23° / 13°6411.3014.66.6
Sep17° / 499.70.212.55.2
Oct / -1°307.82.610.31.4
Nov-3° / -9°195.66.38.30.0
Dec-11° / -18°134.56.57.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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23664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Abakan gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1305
2304
3304
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5293
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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21000
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

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
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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 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 9:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:298:14
214.85:278:16
314.95:258:18
414.95:238:19
515.05:218:21
615.15:198:23
715.15:178:25
815.25:158:27
915.35:138:28
1015.35:118:30
1115.45:098:32
1215.45:078:34
1315.55:068:35
1415.65:048:37
1515.65:028:39
1615.75:018:41
1715.74:598:42
1815.84:578:44
1915.84:568:45
2015.94:548:47
2115.94:538:49
2216.04:518:50
2316.04:508:52
2416.14:498:53
2516.14:478:55
2616.24:468:56
2716.24:458:58
2816.34:448:59
2916.34:429:00
3016.34:419:02
3116.44:409:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Abakan?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Abakan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Abakan in May

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

In May, Abakan sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Abakan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abakan peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Abakan in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abakan is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar10Good
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct6Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Abakan?

Abakan sits at 53.7°N, 91.4°E, 248 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Chernogorsk, 15 km away.

Topography around Abakan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abakan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 249 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 980 m.

The land around Abakan is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
418 m
80 km
980 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Chernogorsk 15 km · Minusinsk 19 km · Shushenskoye 55 km · Sayanogorsk 68 km · Abaza 148 km · Uzhur 206 km · Mezhdurechensk 221 km · Myski 239 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

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 Abakan (53.7154°, 91.4259°, elevation 248 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).