Atkarsk weather in May

In May, Atkarsk sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 48 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Atkarsk's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atkarsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
48 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:14 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
58%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Atkarsk is city in Russia.

Density
2,614/km²
people per km²
Founded
1800

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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Atkarsk reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Atkarsk

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.

Atkarsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°399.110.68.10.0
Feb-6° / -12°348.28.79.60.0
Mar / -7°378.17.311.50.0
Apr12° / 418.21.513.63.1
May20° / 488.9015.46.4
Jun24° / 13°5810.5016.46.9
Jul26° / 15°528.90167.0
Aug25° / 14°426.8014.47.4
Sep18° / 477.3012.46.1
Oct10° / 438.5110.42.4
Nov / -4°388.15.18.60.0
Dec-4° / -9°409.49.77.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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
24753
34753
44753
54951
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84852
94852
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124753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Atkarsk gets around 48 mm of rain over 8.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
126
226
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526
626
727
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1129
1230
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
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209460
219370
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239280
249091
259091
2689101
2788111
2887121
2987121
3085132
3184142

Wind in May

Winds average 13 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:40 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:407:14
214.64:387:16
314.74:367:18
414.74:347:19
514.84:337:21
614.94:317:23
714.94:297:24
815.04:277:26
915.04:257:27
1015.14:247:29
1115.14:227:31
1215.24:207:32
1315.34:197:34
1415.34:177:35
1515.44:157:37
1615.44:147:39
1715.54:127:40
1815.54:117:42
1915.64:097:43
2015.64:087:45
2115.74:077:46
2215.74:057:47
2315.74:047:49
2415.84:037:50
2515.84:027:52
2615.94:017:53
2715.93:597:54
2816.03:587:56
2916.03:577:57
3016.03:567:58
3116.13:557:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Atkarsk?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Atkarsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Atkarsk in May

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

In May, Atkarsk sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Atkarsk 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 Atkarsk peaks around July 11 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Atkarsk?

Atkarsk sits at 51.9°N, 45.0°E, 206 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Petrovsk, 54 km away.

Topography around Atkarsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atkarsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m.

The land around Atkarsk is covered by trees (41%), grassland (30%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
336 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Petrovsk 54 km · Kalininsk 56 km · Saratov 78 km · Serdobsk 84 km · Engels 88 km · Privolzhskiy 89 km · Rtishchevo 93 km · Zhirnovsk 102 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 Atkarsk (51.8806°, 45.0061°, elevation 206 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).