Borisoglebsk weather in May

In May, Borisoglebsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 49 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 15.3 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 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Borisoglebsk's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Borisoglebsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:27 AM – 7:48 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Borisoglebsk is town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,400/km²
people per km²
Founded
1698

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 Borisoglebsk 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 14°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Borisoglebsk

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.

Borisoglebsk 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-4° / -10°419.49.18.20.0
Feb-3° / -10°348.57.69.60.0
Mar / -5°358.55.511.50.1
Apr14° / 377.90.913.54.1
May21° / 10°499015.36.7
Jun25° / 14°559.5016.36.9
Jul27° / 16°509.1015.96.7
Aug26° / 14°315.9014.47.4
Sep20° / 467.3012.46.5
Oct12° / 4790.810.43.0
Nov / -3°3883.98.60.1
Dec-3° / -7°429.387.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Borisoglebsk gets around 49 mm of rain over 9 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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119550
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2486122
2585132
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2784142
2883152
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3081163
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:53 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 8:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:537:24
214.64:517:26
314.64:497:28
414.74:487:29
514.84:467:31
614.84:447:33
714.94:427:34
814.94:407:36
915.04:397:37
1015.04:377:39
1115.14:357:41
1215.14:347:42
1315.24:327:44
1415.24:317:45
1515.34:297:47
1615.34:277:48
1715.44:267:50
1815.44:257:51
1915.54:237:53
2015.54:227:54
2115.64:207:56
2215.64:197:57
2315.74:187:58
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2715.84:138:04
2815.94:128:05
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 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 Borisoglebsk?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Borisoglebsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Borisoglebsk in May

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

In May, Borisoglebsk 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 Borisoglebsk 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 Borisoglebsk peaks around June 21 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 21UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Borisoglebsk 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 Borisoglebsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (September, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1815 µg/m³Sep 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr11Good
May6Good
Jun7Good
Jul11Good
Aug8Good
Sep6Good
Oct7Good
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Borisoglebsk?

Borisoglebsk sits at 51.4°N, 42.1°E, 99 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gribanovskiy, 13 km away.

Topography around Borisoglebsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Borisoglebsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 103 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Borisoglebsk is covered by artificial surfaces (45%), trees (25%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
119 m
80 km
174 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Gribanovskiy 13 km · Povorino 22 km · Uryupinsk 63 km · Uvarovo 69 km · Zherdevka 70 km · Balashov 77 km · Novoanninskiy 102 km · Anna 117 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 Borisoglebsk (51.3689°, 42.098°, elevation 99 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).