Arzamas weather in May

In May, Arzamas sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-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 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Arzamas's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arzamas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
43 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:03 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Arzamas is city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,607/km²
people per km²
Founded
1578

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 Arzamas reaches about 18°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2166
3166
4176
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How May really feels in Arzamas

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.

Arzamas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°3510.412.37.50.0
Feb-5° / -11°3289.79.20.0
Mar / -6°328.57.511.40.0
Apr11° / 419.32.213.82.6
May18° / 439.30.315.95.9
Jun22° / 12°6712.2017.16.3
Jul24° / 14°6811016.66.8
Aug22° / 12°6710.3014.86.6
Sep16° / 559.6012.54.8
Oct / 5611.22.310.11.4
Nov / -4°439.96.88.10.0
Dec-5° / -9°4010.511.46.90.0

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34654
44654
54654
64654
74654
84654
94654
104654
114852
124753
134753
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154654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Arzamas gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1282
2282
3281
4281
5291
6291
7291
8301
9301
10301
11311
12311
13311
14311
15311
16311
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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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99820
109820
119820
129730
139730
149640
159550
169550
179460
189370
199370
209280
219190
229190
2390100
2490100
2590100
2688111
2788111
2887121
2987121
3087121
3187121

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 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
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212calm
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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 42 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 4:34 AM to 3:41 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 8:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:347:30
215.04:327:32
315.14:297:34
415.14:277:36
515.24:257:38
615.34:237:40
715.34:217:42
815.44:197:44
915.54:177:46
1015.54:157:47
1115.64:137:49
1215.74:117:51
1315.74:097:53
1415.84:077:55
1515.94:057:57
1615.94:037:59
1716.04:018:00
1816.04:008:02
1916.13:588:04
2016.23:568:06
2116.23:558:07
2216.33:538:09
2316.33:528:11
2416.43:508:12
2516.43:498:14
2616.53:478:16
2716.53:468:17
2816.63:458:19
2916.63:438:20
3016.73:428:22
3116.73:418:23

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.3Bright
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Arzamas?

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
2.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Arzamas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arzamas in May

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

In May, Arzamas sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Arzamas 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 Arzamas peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Arzamas?

Arzamas sits at 55.4°N, 43.8°E, 166 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sarov, 60 km away.

Topography around Arzamas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arzamas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 151 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Arzamas is covered by trees (41%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (51%), grassland (25%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
117 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Sarov 60 km · Pavlovo 79 km · Bogorodsk 81 km · Kulebaki 82 km · Kstovo 87 km · Dzerzhinsk 97 km · Sergach 103 km · Lyskovo 103 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 Arzamas (55.3956°, 43.8381°, elevation 166 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).