Apsheronsk weather in May

In May, Apsheronsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 82 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Apsheronsk's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Apsheronsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
82 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:00 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Apsheronsk is town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density
1,445/km²
people per km²
Founded
1863

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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Apsheronsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Apsheronsk

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.

Apsheronsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°7812.1790.0
Feb / -3°58105.510.10.5
Mar11° / 74124.211.62.5
Apr16° / 6711.20.413.25.0
May21° / 11°8212014.66.3
Jun25° / 15°7211.3015.36.8
Jul28° / 17°568.30156.5
Aug29° / 17°487.5013.96.4
Sep24° / 12°587.8012.37.5
Oct18° / 788.80.110.76.1
Nov11° / 799.32.39.42.9
Dec / -2°8111.15.88.70.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Apsheronsk gets around 82 mm of rain over 12 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
195500
294600
393700
491900
5891010
6881110
7861310
8851410
9831610
10801820
11791920
12772120
13742330
14712540
15692650
16672850
17643060
18623170
19583381
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21543691
225237101
234938111
244739121
254539132
264440152
274339162
284239173
294139173
304039183
313939194

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 4:47 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:197:17
214.05:187:18
314.15:167:20
414.15:157:21
514.15:147:22
614.25:127:23
714.25:117:24
814.35:097:26
914.35:087:27
1014.45:077:28
1114.45:067:29
1214.45:047:30
1314.55:037:32
1414.55:027:33
1514.65:017:34
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1814.74:577:37
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2014.74:557:39
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3015.04:477:50
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Apsheronsk?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Apsheronsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Apsheronsk in May

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

In May, Apsheronsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Apsheronsk in May

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 61 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Oct 17 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May16Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov16Cool
Dec13Bracing

UV index in Apsheronsk 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 Apsheronsk peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 9Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Apsheronsk?

Apsheronsk sits at 44.5°N, 39.7°E, 203 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Khadyzhensk, 16 km away.

Topography around Apsheronsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Apsheronsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,052 m.

The land around Apsheronsk is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, trees (92%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
216 m
16 km
621 m
80 km
3,052 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Khadyzhensk 16 km · Maykop 34 km · Belorechensk 36 km · Goryachiy Klyuch 51 km · Giaginskaya 52 km · Tuapse 65 km · Lazarevskoye 69 km · Pashkovskiy 80 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 Apsheronsk (44.4599°, 39.73°, elevation 203 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).