Cherkessk weather in May

In May, Cherkessk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 108 mm of precipitation across 14.8 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Cherkessk's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cherkessk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
108 mm
14.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:51 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
64%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Cherkessk is city in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Density
1,754/km²
people per km²
Founded
1825

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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Cherkessk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2176
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How May really feels in Cherkessk

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.

Cherkessk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -7°388.57.39.10.0
Feb / -6°367.56.610.20.0
Mar / -2°6311.86.511.61.4
Apr15° / 7911.71.513.24.0
May19° / 10814.80.214.55.4
Jun23° / 13°12113.6015.36.3
Jul26° / 15°8110.40156.8
Aug26° / 15°769.5013.87.0
Sep22° / 10°699012.37.0
Oct16° / 669.60.810.85.0
Nov / -1°488.13.79.41.5
Dec / -5°448.66.58.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43961
53862
63862
73862
83862
93862
103961
113961
124060
134060
144060
154159
164258
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214060
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313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Cherkessk gets around 108 mm of rain and snow over 14.8 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 47% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1422
2432
3431
4441
5441
6451
7461
8461
9471
10471
11471
12471
13480
14480
15480
16480
17480
18480
19480
20480
21480
22480
23480
24490
25490
26490
27490
28490
29490
30480
31480

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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59910
69910
79820
89820
99730
109730
119640
129550
139460
149370
159280
169190
1790100
1889110
1986131
2085141
2183161
2282171
2380191
2478202
2576222
2675232
2773243
2872253
2970264
3069274
3168284

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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1010calm
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129calm
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159calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:117:07
214.05:097:09
314.05:087:10
414.15:067:11
514.15:057:12
614.25:037:13
714.25:027:15
814.35:017:16
914.34:597:17
1014.34:587:18
1114.44:577:19
1214.44:567:21
1314.54:547:22
1414.54:537:23
1514.54:527:24
1614.64:517:25
1714.64:507:26
1814.64:497:27
1914.74:487:28
2014.74:477:30
2114.74:467:31
2214.84:457:32
2314.84:447:33
2414.84:437:34
2514.94:427:35
2614.94:427:36
2714.94:417:37
2815.04:407:38
2915.04:397:39
3015.04:397:39
3115.04:387:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is May a good time to visit Cherkessk?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Cherkessk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cherkessk in May

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

In May, Cherkessk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Cherkessk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cherkessk peaks around July 11 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Cherkessk 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 Cherkessk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1916 µg/m³Dec 198 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cherkessk?

Cherkessk sits at 44.2°N, 42.0°E, 544 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ust’-Dzheguta, 17 km away.

Topography around Cherkessk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cherkessk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 534 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 586 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,012 m.

The land around Cherkessk is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (36%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
586 m
80 km
3,012 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ust’-Dzheguta 17 km · Otradnaya 46 km · Nevinnomyssk 46 km · Uchkeken 49 km · Suvorovskaya 49 km · Kochubeyevskoye 49 km · Karachayevsk 51 km · Zelenchukskaya 55 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 Cherkessk (44.2238°, 42.0462°, elevation 544 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).