Belaya Kalitva weather in May

In May, Belaya Kalitva sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 55 mm of rain across 9.5 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Belaya Kalitva's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belaya Kalitva's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:44 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Belaya Kalitva is human settlement in Belokalitvinsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,881/km²
people per km²
Founded
1703

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 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Belaya Kalitva reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Belaya Kalitva weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°419.47.48.60.0
Feb-0° / -7°368.36.29.90.0
Mar / -2°419.54.411.60.7
Apr15° / 398.70.213.44.6
May22° / 11°559.5014.96.8
Jun27° / 16°448.4015.86.8
Jul29° / 18°468015.45.9
Aug29° / 16°305.1014.16.6
Sep22° / 11°406.4012.47.3
Oct14° / 407.50.410.64.3
Nov / -1°357.42.190.5
Dec-0° / -5°438.85.98.20.0

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
34951
44951
54951
64852
74852
84852
94753
104753
114753
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134753
144753
154852
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315446

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Belaya Kalitva gets around 55 mm of rain over 9.5 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 30% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
126
227
327
428
529
629
730
830
931
1031
1131
1231
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1431
1531
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1731
1831
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2130
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2530
2630
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3029
3128

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79640
89550
99460
109370
119280
129190
1389101
1488111
1588111
1687121
1786131
1885141
1984151
2083161
2182162
2281172
2380182
2480182
2579192
2678193
2778193
2877203
2977203
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3177203

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:077:21
214.35:057:23
314.35:037:24
414.45:027:26
514.45:007:27
614.54:597:28
714.54:577:30
814.64:557:31
914.64:547:33
1014.74:527:34
1114.74:517:35
1214.84:507:37
1314.84:487:38
1414.94:477:40
1514.94:457:41
1615.04:447:42
1715.04:437:43
1815.14:427:45
1915.14:407:46
2015.14:397:47
2115.24:387:49
2215.24:377:50
2315.34:367:51
2415.34:357:52
2515.34:347:53
2615.44:337:55
2715.44:327:56
2815.44:317:57
2915.54:307:58
3015.54:297:59
3115.54:298:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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65.4Bright
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286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Belaya Kalitva?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Belaya Kalitva for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belaya Kalitva in May

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

In May, Belaya Kalitva sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Belaya Kalitva in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belaya Kalitva peaks around June 21 at about 8 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Belaya Kalitva in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Belaya Kalitva is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1616 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb11Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Belaya Kalitva?

Belaya Kalitva sits at 48.2°N, 40.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, 41 km away.

Topography around Belaya Kalitva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belaya Kalitva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m.

The land around Belaya Kalitva is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
171 m
80 km
346 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kamensk-Shakhtinsky 41 km · Zverevo 52 km · Krasnyy Sulin 62 km · Donetsk 64 km · Gukovo 64 km · Shakhty 66 km · Konstantinovsk 71 km · Semikarakorsk 74 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 Belaya Kalitva (48.1793°, 40.7792°, elevation 10 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).