Birobidzhan weather in May

In May, Birobidzhan sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 93 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°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 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Birobidzhan's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birobidzhan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
93 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
5:33 AM – 8:36 PM
Cloud cover
69%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Birobidzhan is town and administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the far east of Russia.

Density
435/km²
people per km²
Founded
1915

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Birobidzhan reaches about 19°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 12°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)
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2153
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How May really feels in Birobidzhan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 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
1
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Birobidzhan weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-15° / -28°61.82.48.50.0
Feb-9° / -23°81.92.59.80.0
Mar / -13°234.44.711.60.0
Apr10° / -1°467.8313.42.4
May19° / 93120.2155.5
Jun23° / 13°10813.5015.96.0
Jul26° / 16°18215015.55.8
Aug24° / 15°17314.6014.26.0
Sep19° / 9911.1012.45.8
Oct / -1°557.31.610.52.2
Nov-4° / -14°224.64.38.90.0
Dec-14° / -25°122.93.78.10.0

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
43763
53763
63565
73565
83466
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113466
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Birobidzhan gets around 93 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 38% and peaks near 44% 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 (%)
1333
2343
3342
4342
5352
6352
7361
8361
9371
10371
11381
12381
13381
14380
15380
16380
17380
18390
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22400
23400
24410
25410
26420
27420
28420
29430
30430
31440

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
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810000
910000
1010000
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269460
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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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 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 5:57 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 8:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:578:14
214.35:558:16
314.45:538:17
414.55:528:19
514.55:508:20
614.65:488:22
714.65:478:23
814.75:458:24
914.75:448:26
1014.85:428:27
1114.85:418:29
1214.95:398:30
1314.95:388:32
1414.95:368:33
1515.05:358:34
1615.05:338:36
1715.15:328:37
1815.15:318:38
1915.25:308:40
2015.25:288:41
2115.25:278:42
2215.35:268:43
2315.35:258:45
2415.45:248:46
2515.45:238:47
2615.45:228:48
2715.55:218:49
2815.55:208:51
2915.55:198:52
3015.65:188:53
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Birobidzhan

In seasonPeak

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

Birobidzhan'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 Birobidzhan?

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
2.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Birobidzhan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Birobidzhan in May

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

In May, Birobidzhan sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Birobidzhan 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 Birobidzhan peaks around August 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Birobidzhan 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 Birobidzhan is worst in April — around 119 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 26.5× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyGoodPoorUnhealthyApr 15115 µg/m³Dec 245 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb17Moderate
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr119Unhealthy
May73Unhealthy
Jun12Good
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct47Poor
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Birobidzhan?

Birobidzhan sits at 48.8°N, 132.9°E, 84 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Khabarovsk, 164 km away.

Topography around Birobidzhan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birobidzhan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,371 m.

The land around Birobidzhan is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), trees (29%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (39%), grassland (34%) and wetland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and wetland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
116 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
1,371 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Khabarovsk 164 km · Vyazemskiy 195 km · Bikin 242 km · Raychikhinsk 278 km · Luchegorsk 281 km · Dalnerechensk 324 km · Amursk 329 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 353 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 Birobidzhan (48.793°, 132.9203°, elevation 84 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).