Chelyabinsk weather in May

In May, Chelyabinsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°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 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chelyabinsk's 1st-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chelyabinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:54 AM – 8:47 PM
Cloud cover
61%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Chelyabinsk is city in Russia, capital city of Chelyabinsk Oblast.

Density
2,400/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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Chelyabinsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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2154
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How May really feels in Chelyabinsk

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.

Chelyabinsk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -17°175.477.50.0
Feb-8° / -16°154.85.89.20.0
Mar-1° / -9°245.7611.40.0
Apr10° / 3072.113.82.4
May19° / 488.80.315.86.0
Jun23° / 12°57110176.6
Jul24° / 14°7611.6016.66.7
Aug22° / 12°7111.4014.76.3
Sep16° / 438.50.112.54.9
Oct / 389.43.210.21.3
Nov-2° / -8°256.668.10.0
Dec-9° / -15°2167.370.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

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 (%)
13961
24060
34159
44159
54258
64258
74357
84357
94357
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114357
124357
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154258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Chelyabinsk gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)
1253
2252
3252
4252
5252
6251
7261
8261
9271
10271
11271
12281
13281
14281
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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51000
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101000
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19991
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22982
23982
24982
25973
26973
27973
28964
29964
30955
31955

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 42 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 5:24 AM to 4:32 AM, and sunset from 8:19 PM to 9:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:248:19
215.05:228:21
315.05:208:23
415.15:188:25
515.25:168:27
615.35:138:28
715.35:118:30
815.45:098:32
915.45:078:34
1015.55:058:36
1115.65:038:38
1215.65:018:40
1315.74:598:42
1415.84:588:43
1515.84:568:45
1615.94:548:47
1715.94:528:49
1816.04:518:51
1916.14:498:52
2016.14:478:54
2116.24:468:56
2216.24:448:57
2316.34:438:59
2416.34:419:01
2516.44:409:02
2616.44:389:04
2716.54:379:05
2816.54:369:07
2916.64:349:08
3016.64:339:10
3116.74:329:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Chelyabinsk?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Chelyabinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chelyabinsk in May

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

In May, Chelyabinsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chelyabinsk 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 Chelyabinsk peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 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 19UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Chelyabinsk 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 Chelyabinsk is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1616 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar11Good
Apr16Moderate
May12Good
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chelyabinsk?

Chelyabinsk sits at 55.2°N, 61.4°E, 232 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kopeysk, 13 km away.

Topography around Chelyabinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chelyabinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 233 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m.

The land around Chelyabinsk is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (29%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), trees (29%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
959 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kopeysk 13 km · Korkino 30 km · Yemanzhelinsk 46 km · Chebarkul’ 71 km · Yuzhnoural’sk 80 km · Ozersk 80 km · Kyshtym 83 km · Miass 85 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 Chelyabinsk (55.1611°, 61.4288°, elevation 232 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).