Bikin weather in May

In May, Bikin sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bikin's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bikin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
83 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
5:35 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover
68%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Bikin is town in Russia.

Density
231/km²
people per km²
Founded
1895

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bikin reaches about 19°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 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1154
2164
3164
4164
5165
6165
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10176
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How May really feels in Bikin

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.

Bikin weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-13° / -26°92.53.58.80.0
Feb-8° / -22°92.53.3100.0
Mar / -12°2765.511.60.0
Apr11° / -0°488.82.813.32.7
May19° / 8312.30.114.85.5
Jun23° / 13°8212.7015.66.2
Jul26° / 17°14514015.35.9
Aug25° / 16°14314.20146.0
Sep20° / 8010.2012.46.2
Oct11° / 578.61.210.62.9
Nov-2° / -11°275.84.59.20.0
Dec-12° / -23°163.84.98.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43862
53763
63763
73763
83862
93664
103763
113664
123664
133664
143664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Bikin gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1362
2362
3362
4371
5371
6371
7381
8381
9391
10391
11400
12400
13400
14400
15410
16410
17410
18410
19410
20400
21400
22400
23400
24400
25400
26400
27400
28400
29400
30400
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
1010000
1110000
129910
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229730
239640
249640
259550
269460
279271
289181
2989101
3087121
3184142

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 8:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:568:04
214.25:558:06
314.25:538:07
414.35:518:08
514.35:508:10
614.45:488:11
714.45:478:12
814.55:458:14
914.55:448:15
1014.65:428:16
1114.65:418:18
1214.75:408:19
1314.75:388:20
1414.75:378:21
1514.85:368:23
1614.85:358:24
1714.95:338:25
1814.95:328:26
1914.95:318:28
2015.05:308:29
2115.05:298:30
2215.15:288:31
2315.15:278:32
2415.15:268:33
2515.25:258:35
2615.25:248:36
2715.25:238:37
2815.35:228:38
2915.35:218:39
3015.35:218:40
3115.35:208:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.47 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.47 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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105.4Bright
115.4Bright
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205.6Bright
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265.7Bright
275.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bikin

In seasonPeak

In May, Bikin sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bikin's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bikin?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bikin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bikin in May

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

In May, Bikin sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bikin in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bikin peaks around August 11 at about 7 (very 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowAug 11UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bikin 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 Bikin is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1133 µg/m³Sep 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bikin?

Bikin sits at 46.8°N, 134.3°E, 58 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Luchegorsk, 41 km away.

Topography around Bikin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bikin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m around an average of 78 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 646 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m.

The land around Bikin is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
221 m
16 km
646 m
80 km
1,158 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Luchegorsk 41 km · Vyazemskiy 89 km · Dalnerechensk 106 km · Lesozavodsk 163 km · Khabarovsk 194 km · Birobidzhan 242 km · Spassk-Dal’niy 270 km · Dalnegorsk 272 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 Bikin (46.8129°, 134.2501°, elevation 58 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).