Arsk weather in May

In May, Arsk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 9.2 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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Arsk's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:36 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Arsk is human settlement in Arsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Founded
1201

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Arsk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Arsk

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.

Arsk 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-8° / -14°4010.512.87.30.0
Feb-8° / -14°338.59.89.10.0
Mar-1° / -8°388.88.611.40.0
Apr / 387.82.813.82.0
May18° / 479.20.2165.9
Jun22° / 11°5910.4017.26.5
Jul24° / 14°6510.3016.77.0
Aug22° / 12°6110.4014.96.6
Sep16° / 509.60.112.54.7
Oct / 56112.310.11.2
Nov-1° / -6°4410.18.47.90.0
Dec-7° / -12°4310.311.56.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44555
54753
64753
74852
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94753
104852
114852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Arsk gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1292
2292
3282
4281
5281
6291
7291
8291
9300
10300
11300
12300
13301
14301
15301
16301
17301
18301
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21301
22301
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24311
25311
26310
27310
28320
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30330
31330

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 97% 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
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
169820
179820
189730
199730
209730
219640
229640
239550
249550
259361
269271
279271
289181
299091
309091
3189101

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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3113light breeze

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 4:07 AM to 3:13 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 8:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:077:08
215.14:057:10
315.24:037:12
415.24:007:14
515.33:587:16
615.43:567:18
715.43:547:20
815.53:527:22
915.63:497:24
1015.63:477:26
1115.73:457:28
1215.83:437:30
1315.83:417:32
1415.93:397:34
1516.03:377:36
1616.03:367:38
1716.13:347:40
1816.23:327:42
1916.23:307:43
2016.33:287:45
2116.33:277:47
2216.43:257:49
2316.43:247:50
2416.53:227:52
2516.63:217:54
2616.63:197:55
2716.73:187:57
2816.73:167:59
2916.83:158:00
3016.83:148:02
3116.83:138:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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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 Arsk?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Arsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arsk in May

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

In May, Arsk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Arsk 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 Arsk peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arsk?

Arsk sits at 56.1°N, 49.9°E, 128 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kazan, 58 km away.

Topography around Arsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m.

The land around Arsk is covered by grassland (27%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), trees (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
233 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kazan 58 km · Kukmor 64 km · Vyatskiye Polyany 75 km · Vasil’yevo 78 km · Zelenodolsk 89 km · Chistopol’ 94 km · Volzhsk 98 km · Nizhnekamsk 131 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 Arsk (56.0925°, 49.8782°, elevation 128 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).