Birsk weather in May

In May, Birsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Birsk's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
5:16 AM – 9:12 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Birsk is city in Russia.

Density
421/km²
people per km²
Founded
1663

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Birsk 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 11°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)
1155
2165
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5176
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10187
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How May really feels in Birsk

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.

Birsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-9° / -15°4310.913.37.50.0
Feb-7° / -14°378.610.29.20.0
Mar-0° / -8°409.19.211.40.0
Apr10° / 388.22.413.82.2
May19° / 549.80.315.95.9
Jun23° / 12°6511017.16.6
Jul25° / 14°5710.4016.66.9
Aug22° / 13°5610.4014.86.6
Sep16° / 5810.4012.54.8
Oct / 6711.93.110.11.3
Nov-1° / -6°5010.48.98.10.0
Dec-7° / -13°4611.412.96.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24159
34258
44258
54357
64357
74456
84456
94555
104555
114555
124654
134654
144555
154555
164654
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184654
194654
204654
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224753
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244852
254753
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314654

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Birsk gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1292
2292
3292
4302
5302
6301
7311
8311
9311
10311
11311
12321
13321
14321
15321
16321
17331
18331
19331
20331
21331
22331
23321
24321
25321
26321
27331
28330
29340
30340
31340

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 98% 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
139910
149910
159910
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189910
199910
209820
219820
229730
239730
249730
259541
269451
279451
289361
299361
309172
319082

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112calm
1212calm
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 8:43 PM to 9:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:478:43
215.05:458:45
315.15:428:47
415.15:408:49
515.25:388:51
615.35:368:53
715.45:348:55
815.45:328:57
915.55:308:59
1015.65:289:01
1115.65:269:03
1215.75:249:04
1315.75:229:06
1415.85:209:08
1515.95:189:10
1615.95:169:12
1716.05:149:14
1816.05:139:15
1916.15:119:17
2016.25:099:19
2116.25:089:21
2216.35:069:22
2316.35:059:24
2416.45:039:26
2516.45:029:27
2616.55:009:29
2716.54:599:30
2816.64:589:32
2916.64:569:33
3016.74:559:35
3116.74:549:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
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265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Birsk?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Birsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Birsk in May

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

In May, Birsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Birsk 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 Birsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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 21UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Birsk?

Birsk sits at 55.4°N, 55.5°E, 137 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dyurtyuli, 44 km away.

Topography around Birsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 124 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m.

The land around Birsk is covered by trees (35%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), trees (32%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
311 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Dyurtyuli 44 km · Blagoveshchensk 51 km · Ufa 80 km · Chishmy 93 km · Yanaul 102 km · Neftekamsk 109 km · Agidel’ 115 km · Asha 118 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 Birsk (55.4202°, 55.5421°, elevation 137 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).