Cheboksary weather in May

In May, Cheboksary sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 9.5 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 28% 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 Cheboksary's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cheboksary's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:46 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Cheboksary is city in central Russia, capital of the Chuvash Republic.

Density
1,962/km²
people per km²
Founded
1469

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 Cheboksary reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°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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How May really feels in Cheboksary

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.

Cheboksary 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-7° / -13°3810.512.47.30.0
Feb-6° / -12°338.39.79.10.0
Mar / -7°368.68.611.40.0
Apr10° / 388.12.213.82.5
May18° / 469.50.2165.9
Jun22° / 13°6611.1017.26.5
Jul24° / 15°7311.1016.76.8
Aug22° / 13°609.9014.96.6
Sep16° / 5710.60.112.54.6
Oct / 5811.72.310.11.2
Nov-1° / -5°4310.17.77.90.0
Dec-5° / -10°4110.711.66.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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
24555
34555
44654
54654
64654
74654
84654
94654
104753
114753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Cheboksary gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 31% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)
1272
2272
3272
4271
5281
6281
7291
8291
9301
10301
11301
12311
13311
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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210000
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209550
219460
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239370
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259280
269181
279091
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2989101
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3188111

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
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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 4:18 AM to 3:23 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 8:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:187:19
215.14:157:21
315.24:137:23
415.24:117:25
515.34:087:27
615.44:067:29
715.44:047:31
815.54:027:33
915.64:007:35
1015.73:587:37
1115.73:567:39
1215.83:547:41
1315.93:527:43
1415.93:507:45
1516.03:487:47
1616.03:467:49
1716.13:447:50
1816.23:427:52
1916.23:417:54
2016.33:397:56
2116.33:377:58
2216.43:367:59
2316.53:348:01
2416.53:328:03
2516.63:318:05
2616.63:298:06
2716.73:288:08
2816.73:278:09
2916.83:258:11
3016.83:248:12
3116.83:238:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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55.1Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cheboksary?

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

May is a reasonable time to visit Cheboksary for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cheboksary in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Cheboksary 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 Cheboksary 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 18 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 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cheboksary?

Cheboksary sits at 56.1°N, 47.2°E, 141 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novocheboksarsk, 15 km away.

Topography around Cheboksary

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cheboksary has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m.

The land around Cheboksary is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (49%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
164 m
80 km
189 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Novocheboksarsk 15 km · Koz’modem’yansk 48 km · Medvedevo 66 km · Yoshkar-Ola 69 km · Kanash 71 km · Volzhsk 75 km · Zelenodolsk 85 km · Shumerlya 87 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 Cheboksary (56.1322°, 47.246°, elevation 141 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).