Alapayevsk weather in May

In May, Alapayevsk sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alapayevsk's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alapayevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:39 AM – 9:00 PM
Cloud cover
66%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Alapayevsk is town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,760/km²
people per km²
Founded
1639

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Alapayevsk reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2143
3143
4143
5153
6154
7154
8154
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10164
11165
12165
13165
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31198

How May really feels in Alapayevsk

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.

Alapayevsk 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-11° / -17°185.66.96.90.0
Feb-8° / -16°154.65.68.90.0
Mar / -9°256.56.911.40.0
Apr / -1°337.22.9141.9
May17° / 579.50.916.35.2
Jun21° / 11°7611.9017.76.1
Jul23° / 13°8011.9017.16.5
Aug20° / 11°8012.4015.15.8
Sep14° / 5810.80.212.53.8
Oct / 409.13.79.90.8
Nov-3° / -9°308.27.67.60.0
Dec-9° / -15°206.58.26.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43367
53466
63565
73664
83664
93763
103664
113763
123763
133763
143763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Alapayevsk gets around 57 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 35% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1275
2275
3274
4274
5274
6274
7274
8274
9284
10284
11294
12294
13303
14303
15313
16313
17323
18323
19333
20333
21333
22332
23342
24342
25341
26341
27341
28341
29341
30340
31350

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 (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
1310000
1410000
1510000
1610000
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189910
199910
209910
219910
229910
239820
249820
259730
269730
279640
289550
299550
309361
319271

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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 4:13 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 9:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:138:28
215.35:118:30
315.45:088:32
415.55:068:34
515.65:038:36
615.65:018:39
715.74:598:41
815.84:568:43
915.94:548:45
1015.94:528:47
1116.04:508:50
1216.14:478:52
1316.14:458:54
1416.24:438:56
1516.34:418:58
1616.44:399:00
1716.44:379:02
1816.54:359:04
1916.64:339:06
2016.64:319:08
2116.74:299:10
2216.74:279:12
2316.84:269:14
2416.94:249:16
2516.94:229:18
2617.04:219:19
2717.04:199:21
2817.14:189:23
2917.14:169:25
3017.24:159:26
3117.24:139:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Alapayevsk?

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
1.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Alapayevsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alapayevsk in May

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

In May, Alapayevsk sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alapayevsk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alapayevsk peaks around June 22 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 22UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alapayevsk?

Alapayevsk sits at 57.9°N, 61.7°E, 112 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Rezh, 56 km away.

Topography around Alapayevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alapayevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m.

The land around Alapayevsk is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
119 m
80 km
268 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Rezh 56 km · Artëmovskiy 56 km · Nizhnyaya Salda 63 km · Verkhnyaya Salda 71 km · Irbit 84 km · Reftinskiy 85 km · Lesnoy 86 km · Asbest 95 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 Alapayevsk (57.85°, 61.6941°, elevation 112 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).