Boguchar weather in May

In May, Boguchar sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 49 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boguchar's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boguchar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:39 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Boguchar is town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,158/km²
people per km²
Founded
1704

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Boguchar reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Boguchar

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.

Boguchar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -8°459.88.78.40.0
Feb-2° / -8°3586.99.70.0
Mar / -3°3795.411.50.3
Apr14° / 4490.913.54.2
May21° / 10°499.4015.16.7
Jun26° / 15°539.10166.9
Jul28° / 17°568.7015.76.5
Aug27° / 15°335.3014.37.3
Sep20° / 10°457012.46.8
Oct12° / 447.90.710.53.5
Nov / -2°367.42.88.80.2
Dec-1° / -6°439.17.17.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Boguchar gets around 49 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days in May. 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 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
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530
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731
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3127

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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79640
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99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:03 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 8:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:037:27
214.45:027:28
314.55:007:30
414.64:587:31
514.64:567:33
614.74:557:34
714.74:537:36
814.84:517:37
914.84:507:39
1014.94:487:40
1114.94:467:42
1215.04:457:43
1315.04:437:45
1415.14:427:46
1515.14:407:48
1615.24:397:49
1715.24:387:50
1815.34:367:52
1915.34:357:53
2015.34:347:55
2115.44:327:56
2215.44:317:57
2315.54:307:59
2415.54:298:00
2515.64:288:01
2615.64:278:02
2715.64:268:04
2815.74:258:05
2915.74:248:06
3015.74:238:07
3115.84:228:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Boguchar?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Boguchar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Boguchar in May

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

In May, Boguchar sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Boguchar 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 Boguchar peaks around June 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 20UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Boguchar 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 Boguchar is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (September, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Sep 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug8Good
Sep6Good
Oct6Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Boguchar?

Boguchar sits at 49.9°N, 40.6°E, 77 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kalach, 64 km away.

Topography around Boguchar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boguchar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m.

The land around Boguchar is covered by grassland (43%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (49%), grassland (26%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
288 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kalach 64 km · Pavlovsk 65 km · Buturlinovka 99 km · Millerovo 113 km · Bobrov 135 km · Liski 138 km · Starobilsk 139 km · Uryupinsk 142 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 Boguchar (49.9346°, 40.5545°, elevation 77 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).