Bugulma weather in May

In May, Bugulma sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 15.8 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 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bugulma's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bugulma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
50 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
3:31 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Bugulma is city in Tatarstan, Russia.

Density
3,297/km²
people per km²
Founded
1736

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 Bugulma reaches about 18°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 10°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)
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2154
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10176
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How May really feels in Bugulma

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.

Bugulma 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°34912.27.60.0
Feb-8° / -15°297.39.49.30.0
Mar-1° / -9°358.99.311.50.0
Apr / 377.82.713.72.0
May18° / 509.80.115.85.8
Jun22° / 11°6812016.96.4
Jul24° / 13°559.6016.47.0
Aug22° / 12°5610014.76.7
Sep16° / 53100.112.54.8
Oct / 5110.22.910.21.2
Nov-2° / -6°399.58.88.20.0
Dec-7° / -13°389.611.67.10.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44555
54555
64654
74654
84654
94654
104654
114555
124555
134555
144456
154555
164555
174555
184456
194456
204555
214555
224555
234654
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314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Bugulma gets around 50 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 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1303
2302
3302
4302
5301
6301
7301
8301
9310
10310
11310
12310
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14310
15320
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25330
26330
27340
28340
29350
30350
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 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
1210000
1310000
1410000
1510000
1610000
179910
189910
199910
209910
219820
229730
239730
249640
259550
269460
279370
289280
299190
3090100
3188111

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
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
513light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:01 AM to 3:10 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.84:016:51
214.93:596:53
315.03:576:55
415.03:546:57
515.13:526:59
615.23:507:01
715.23:487:02
815.33:467:04
915.43:447:06
1015.43:427:08
1115.53:407:10
1215.63:397:12
1315.63:377:13
1415.73:357:15
1515.73:337:17
1615.83:317:19
1715.83:307:20
1815.93:287:22
1916.03:267:24
2016.03:257:26
2116.13:237:27
2216.13:227:29
2316.23:207:30
2416.23:197:32
2516.33:187:33
2616.33:167:35
2716.43:157:36
2816.43:147:38
2916.43:137:39
3016.53:117:41
3116.53:107:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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115.4Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bugulma?

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
2.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bugulma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bugulma in May

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

In May, Bugulma sees daytime highs around 18°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 Bugulma 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 Bugulma peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 20UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bugulma?

Bugulma sits at 54.5°N, 52.8°E, 292 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Leninogorsk, 23 km away.

Topography around Bugulma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bugulma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 317 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m.

The land around Bugulma is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, cropland (44%), grassland (27%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), grassland (29%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
98 m
16 km
239 m
80 km
331 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Leninogorsk 23 km · Bavly 33 km · Aznakayevo 40 km · Oktyabrsky 44 km · Al’met’yevsk 51 km · Tuymazy 59 km · Krasnaya Glinka 89 km · Belebey 98 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 Bugulma (54.5378°, 52.7985°, elevation 292 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).