Achinsk weather in May

In May, Achinsk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Achinsk's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Achinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:52 AM – 8:56 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Achinsk is human settlement in Achinsk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
1,142/km²
people per km²
Founded
1683

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 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Achinsk reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Achinsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 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
10
wind chill below the day's low

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

Achinsk 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° / -21°1868.77.30.0
Feb-10° / -18°165.27.29.10.0
Mar-2° / -11°237.18.211.40.0
Apr / -3°379.95.113.81.2
May15° / 5311.71.2164.4
Jun22° / 11°6512.5017.36.1
Jul24° / 13°5810.7016.86.7
Aug21° / 11°7012.7014.95.9
Sep14° / 6012.50.512.53.6
Oct / -2°5112.46.510.10.5
Nov-5° / -12°4211.512.57.90.0
Dec-11° / -18°339.512.76.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Achinsk gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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24010
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4409
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21362
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27401
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31411

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 8:26 PM to 9:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:248:26
215.15:228:28
315.25:198:30
415.35:178:33
515.35:158:35
615.45:138:37
715.55:108:39
815.55:088:41
915.65:068:43
1015.75:048:45
1115.75:028:47
1215.85:008:49
1315.94:588:51
1415.94:568:52
1516.04:548:54
1616.14:528:56
1716.14:508:58
1816.24:499:00
1916.34:479:02
2016.34:459:04
2116.44:439:05
2216.44:429:07
2316.54:409:09
2416.54:399:11
2516.64:379:12
2616.64:369:14
2716.74:349:16
2816.74:339:17
2916.84:319:19
3016.84:309:20
3116.94:299:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 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 Achinsk?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Achinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Achinsk in May

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

In May, Achinsk sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Achinsk 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 Achinsk peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Achinsk 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 Achinsk is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.5× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1716 µg/m³Dec 143 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr15Moderate
May12Good
Jun10Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov4Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Achinsk?

Achinsk sits at 56.3°N, 90.5°E, 196 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nazarovo, 29 km away.

Topography around Achinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Achinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 223 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m.

The land around Achinsk is covered by trees (40%), artificial surfaces (33%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
352 m
80 km
628 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Nazarovo 29 km · Bogotol 60 km · Uzhur 114 km · Sharypovo 115 km · Divnogorsk 121 km · Krasnoyarsk 153 km · Berëzovka 165 km · Mariinsk 171 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 Achinsk (56.2679°, 90.5015°, elevation 196 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).