Cherepovets weather in May

In May, Cherepovets sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 16.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Cherepovets's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cherepovets's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 36 min
4:06 AM – 8:43 PM
Cloud cover
64%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Cherepovets is city in Vologda Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,612/km²
people per km²
Founded
1362

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 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cherepovets reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2133
3133
4144
5144
6144
7144
8154
9155
10155
11155
12155
13155
14166
15166
16166
17166
18166
19166
20167
21177
22177
23177
24177
25178
26178
27188
28188
29188
30188
31189

How May really feels in Cherepovets

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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
2
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cherepovets 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-6° / -11°4211.613.36.60.0
Feb-5° / -11°349.510.98.80.0
Mar / -7°369.68.711.30.0
Apr / -1°358.43.214.11.5
May16° / 5811.20.516.64.7
Jun20° / 11°8011.80185.9
Jul22° / 13°8212.9017.46.2
Aug20° / 11°7612.4015.25.8
Sep14° / 5410.3012.63.9
Oct / 58123.19.80.8
Nov-1° / -4°5211.28.27.40.0
Dec-4° / -9°4812.212.95.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33763
43763
53763
63763
73763
83763
93862
103862
113862
123862
133961
143961
153862
163961
173961
184060
193961
203961
214060
224060
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254258
264258
274357
284258
294357
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Cherepovets gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1304
2314
3313
4313
5323
6323
7333
8333
9333
10333
11333
12343
13343
14352
15352
16362
17362
18372
19382
20381
21391
22391
23391
24391
25390
26390
27390
28380
29380
30380
31380

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 96% 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
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119820
129820
139820
149730
159730
169730
179640
189640
199541
209451
219451
229451
239361
249262
259262
269262
279262
289172
299172
309172
318983

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 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
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
1513light breeze
1613light breeze
1713light breeze
1813light breeze
1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
2313light breeze
2413light breeze
2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:43 AM to 3:39 AM, and sunset from 8:08 PM to 9:13 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:438:08
215.54:408:11
315.64:388:13
415.74:358:15
515.74:338:18
615.84:308:20
715.94:288:22
816.04:258:25
916.14:238:27
1016.24:208:29
1116.24:188:32
1216.34:168:34
1316.44:138:36
1416.54:118:38
1516.54:098:41
1616.64:068:43
1716.74:048:45
1816.84:028:47
1916.84:008:49
2016.93:588:51
2117.03:568:54
2217.03:548:56
2317.13:528:58
2417.23:509:00
2517.23:489:02
2617.33:479:04
2717.33:459:06
2817.43:439:07
2917.53:429:09
3017.53:409:11
3117.63:399:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.04 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Cherepovets?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cherepovets for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cherepovets in May

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

In May, Cherepovets sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cherepovets 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 Cherepovets peaks around July 11 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cherepovets?

Cherepovets sits at 59.1°N, 37.9°E, 136 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sheksna, 36 km away.

Topography around Cherepovets

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cherepovets has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m.

The land around Cherepovets is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
198 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sheksna 36 km · Vologda 113 km · Sokol 131 km · Rybinsk 133 km · Pestovo 135 km · Gryazovets 138 km · Bezhetsk 165 km · Danilov 168 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 Cherepovets (59.1333°, 37.9°, elevation 136 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).