Bogorodsk weather in May

In May, Bogorodsk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 16 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 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bogorodsk's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bogorodsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:01 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Bogorodsk is Russian city.

Density
2,156/km²
people per km²
Founded
1570

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 Bogorodsk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2166
3166
4166
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How May really feels in Bogorodsk

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.

Bogorodsk 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-6° / -11°3510.511.77.30.0
Feb-5° / -11°318.59.89.10.0
Mar / -6°328.47.511.40.0
Apr10° / 398.82.213.82.5
May18° / 479.60.3165.8
Jun22° / 12°7312.4017.26.2
Jul24° / 14°7511.8016.76.7
Aug22° / 12°7010.5014.96.5
Sep16° / 5610.1012.54.7
Oct / 6211.62.410.11.3
Nov / -4°429.877.90.0
Dec-5° / -9°4010.611.56.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34753
44753
54753
64753
74753
84753
94654
104654
114654
124654
134555
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154555
164357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Bogorodsk gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 36% 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 (%)
1262
2262
3261
4271
5271
6281
7281
8291
9301
10301
11311
12311
13321
14321
15321
16321
17331
18331
19331
20331
21331
22331
23331
24331
25340
26340
27350
28350
29360
30360
31360

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109820
119730
129730
139730
149640
159550
169550
179460
189370
199370
209280
219190
229190
2389101
2489101
2589101
2688111
2787112
2887112
2986122
3086122
3185123

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
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 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 4:33 AM to 3:38 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:337:34
215.14:307:36
315.24:287:38
415.24:267:40
515.34:247:42
615.44:217:44
715.44:197:46
815.54:177:48
915.64:157:50
1015.74:137:52
1115.74:117:54
1215.84:097:56
1315.84:077:58
1415.94:058:00
1516.04:038:01
1616.04:018:03
1716.13:598:05
1816.23:578:07
1916.23:568:09
2016.33:548:11
2116.33:528:12
2216.43:518:14
2316.43:498:16
2416.53:478:18
2516.63:468:19
2616.63:458:21
2716.73:438:23
2816.73:428:24
2916.83:408:26
3016.83:398:27
3116.83:388:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.36 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
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95.2Bright
105.2Bright
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245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bogorodsk?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bogorodsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bogorodsk in May

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

In May, Bogorodsk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bogorodsk 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 Bogorodsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bogorodsk?

Bogorodsk sits at 56.1°N, 43.5°E, 140 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dzerzhinsk, 16 km away.

Topography around Bogorodsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bogorodsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Bogorodsk is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (39%), grassland (33%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
154 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Dzerzhinsk 16 km · Pavlovo 30 km · Nizhny Novgorod 40 km · Kstovo 43 km · Novaya Balakhna 44 km · Bor 45 km · Zavolzh’ye 60 km · Gorodets 62 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 Bogorodsk (56.1015°, 43.5101°, elevation 140 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).