Alatyr’ weather in May

In May, Alatyr’ sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alatyr’'s 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alatyr’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
3:55 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
60%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Alatyr’ is human settlement in Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, Chuvash Republic, Russia.

Density
1,011/km²
people per km²
Founded
1552

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Alatyr’ reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Alatyr’

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.

Alatyr’ weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -12°349.611.17.60.0
Feb-6° / -13°297.88.99.30.0
Mar / -7°348.4811.40.0
Apr11° / 428.62.313.82.6
May19° / 48100.215.86.0
Jun23° / 12°6511.3016.96.5
Jul25° / 14°6511016.56.8
Aug23° / 13°609.9014.76.8
Sep17° / 5710.20.112.55.0
Oct / 5110.91.610.21.5
Nov / -5°389.46.88.10.0
Dec-5° / -10°3810.11170.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24654
34654
44654
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74654
84555
94654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Alatyr’ gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 32% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1312
2312
3311
4311
5311
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7301
8301
9301
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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210000
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209460
219460
229370
239280
249280
259190
2690100
2788111
2888111
2987121
3086131
3186131

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:25 AM to 3:33 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 8:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:257:17
214.94:237:19
315.04:207:21
415.14:187:23
515.14:167:25
615.24:147:27
715.34:127:29
815.34:107:30
915.44:087:32
1015.54:067:34
1115.54:047:36
1215.64:027:38
1315.74:007:40
1415.73:587:41
1515.83:577:43
1615.83:557:45
1715.93:537:47
1816.03:517:48
1916.03:507:50
2016.13:487:52
2116.13:477:54
2216.23:457:55
2316.23:447:57
2416.33:427:58
2516.33:418:00
2616.43:398:02
2716.43:388:03
2816.53:378:04
2916.53:368:06
3016.53:358:07
3116.63:338:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Alatyr’?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Alatyr’ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alatyr’ in May

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

In May, Alatyr’ sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alatyr’ 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 Alatyr’ 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 18 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 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alatyr’?

Alatyr’ sits at 54.8°N, 46.6°E, 135 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shumerlya, 74 km away.

Topography around Alatyr’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alatyr’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m.

The land around Alatyr’ is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (32%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), trees (39%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
287 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Shumerlya 74 km · Kanash 94 km · Sergach 104 km · Buinsk 110 km · Inza 111 km · Saransk 117 km · Nikol’sk 129 km · Ulyanovsk 130 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 Alatyr’ (54.8421°, 46.5813°, elevation 135 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).