Anzhero-Sudzhensk weather in May

In May, Anzhero-Sudzhensk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-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 18% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Anzhero-Sudzhensk's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anzhero-Sudzhensk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
5:11 AM – 9:13 PM
Cloud cover
68%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Anzhero-Sudzhensk is town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

Density
693/km²
people per km²
Founded
1897

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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk reaches about 15°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 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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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
8
wind chill below the day's low

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

Anzhero-Sudzhensk 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-13° / -20°288.110.77.30.0
Feb-10° / -18°216.88.89.10.0
Mar-2° / -11°318.59.411.40.0
Apr / -3°389.95.213.81.0
May15° / 5711.81.2164.3
Jun21° / 11°6812.6017.26.0
Jul23° / 13°7912.8016.76.4
Aug20° / 10°7613.4014.95.7
Sep13° / 6312.10.412.53.5
Oct / -2°5812.57.210.10.5
Nov-5° / -11°5212.412.87.90.0
Dec-12° / -18°4311.914.76.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Anzhero-Sudzhensk gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 39% 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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24011
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5409
6398
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18373
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21382
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25392
26391
27391
28401
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30401
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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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21000
31000
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25964
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27955
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29955
30946
31937

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 8:44 PM to 9:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:438:44
215.15:408:46
315.25:388:48
415.25:368:50
515.35:348:52
615.45:318:54
715.45:298:56
815.55:278:58
915.65:259:00
1015.65:239:02
1115.75:219:04
1215.85:199:06
1315.85:179:07
1415.95:159:09
1516.05:139:11
1616.05:119:13
1716.15:099:15
1816.25:079:17
1916.25:069:19
2016.35:049:21
2116.35:029:22
2216.45:019:24
2316.44:599:26
2416.54:589:27
2516.64:569:29
2616.64:559:31
2716.74:539:32
2816.74:529:34
2916.74:519:35
3016.84:499:37
3116.84:489:38

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 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Anzhero-Sudzhensk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Anzhero-Sudzhensk in May

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

In May, Anzhero-Sudzhensk sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Anzhero-Sudzhensk 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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Anzhero-Sudzhensk 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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.4× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1614 µg/m³Dec 164 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov5Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Anzhero-Sudzhensk?

Anzhero-Sudzhensk sits at 56.1°N, 86.0°E, 188 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tayga, 25 km away.

Topography around Anzhero-Sudzhensk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anzhero-Sudzhensk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 236 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Anzhero-Sudzhensk is covered by trees (65%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
456 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tayga 25 km · Yashkino 43 km · Berëzovskiy 48 km · Kedrovka 62 km · Tomsk 80 km · Kemerovo 80 km · Yurga 81 km · Seversk 91 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 Anzhero-Sudzhensk (56.0757°, 86.0243°, elevation 188 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).