Asha weather in May

In May, Asha sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Asha's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Asha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
5:11 AM – 9:03 PM
Cloud cover
60%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Asha is human settlement in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,019/km²
people per km²
Founded
1898

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 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Asha reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°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)
1143
2153
3154
4154
5164
6164
7165
8175
9175
10175
11175
12176
13186
14186
15186
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25197
26198
27208
28208
29208
30208
31208

How May really feels in Asha

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.

Asha 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-9° / -16°5512.215.17.50.0
Feb-7° / -15°469.711.79.30.0
Mar / -9°521111.611.40.0
Apr / -1°498.93.813.82.0
May18° / 6611.10.515.85.6
Jun22° / 11°7912.70176.2
Jul24° / 13°8112.2016.56.6
Aug22° / 11°7812.5014.76.2
Sep15° / 7512.10.412.54.4
Oct / 8713.95.310.21.1
Nov-2° / -8°7113.212.78.10.0
Dec-8° / -14°621315.270.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24159
34159
44159
54357
64456
74456
84456
94456
104456
114456
124456
134456
144555
154456
164456
174555
184555
194555
204555
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234555
244555
254654
264654
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284654
294555
304555
314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Asha gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1335
2324
3324
4333
5333
6333
7332
8342
9342
10342
11341
12341
13351
14351
15351
16351
17361
18361
19361
20361
21371
22371
23371
24371
25371
26371
27381
28381
29391
30391
31400

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
810000
910000
109910
119910
129910
139910
149910
159910
169910
179910
189820
199820
209820
219730
229730
239640
249550
259550
269460
279460
289370
299370
309181
319091

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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410calm
510calm
610calm
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910calm
1010calm
1110calm
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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 5:41 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 8:35 PM to 9:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:418:35
215.05:398:37
315.05:378:39
415.15:358:41
515.25:338:43
615.25:318:45
715.35:298:46
815.45:278:48
915.45:258:50
1015.55:238:52
1115.65:218:54
1215.65:198:56
1315.75:178:58
1415.75:158:59
1515.85:139:01
1615.95:119:03
1715.95:109:05
1816.05:089:07
1916.05:069:08
2016.15:059:10
2116.15:039:12
2216.25:029:13
2316.25:009:15
2416.34:599:17
2516.34:579:18
2616.44:569:20
2716.44:559:21
2816.54:539:23
2916.54:529:24
3016.64:519:26
3116.64:509:27

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 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 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
24.9Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.1Bright
85.1Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.4Bright
175.4Bright
185.5Bright
195.5Bright
205.5Bright
215.5Bright
225.5Bright
235.6Bright
245.6Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Asha?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Asha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Asha in May

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

In May, Asha sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Asha 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 Asha peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 23UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Asha?

Asha sits at 55.0°N, 57.3°E, 123 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sim, 28 km away.

Topography around Asha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m around an average of 168 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 625 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,091 m.

The land around Asha is covered by trees (51%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
218 m
16 km
625 m
80 km
1,091 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Sim 28 km · Ust’-Katav 59 km · Katav-Ivanovsk 66 km · Trëkhgornyy 79 km · Blagoveshchensk 82 km · Ufa 87 km · Bakal 99 km · Mezgor'e 112 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 Asha (54.9998°, 57.2549°, elevation 123 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).