Donskoye weather in May

In May, Donskoye sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Donskoye's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donskoye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:48 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover
58%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Donskoye is village in Trunovsky District, Russia.

Density
1,031/km²
people per km²
Founded
1777

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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Donskoye reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Donskoye

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.

Donskoye weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°399.35.48.90.0
Feb / -4°3384.610.10.0
Mar / 5110.73.511.61.6
Apr16° / 4790.113.25.0
May22° / 12°7411.4014.76.5
Jun27° / 16°619.6015.46.5
Jul30° / 19°507.7015.15.4
Aug30° / 18°436.1013.95.9
Sep24° / 13°487.3012.37.4
Oct17° / 527.90.210.75.4
Nov / 438.229.31.4
Dec / -2°439.14.78.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24456
34456
44456
54456
64555
74555
84654
94654
104753
114753
124951
135050
145050
155149
165248
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265149
275149
285050
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315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Donskoye gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.4 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
235
336
436
537
638
738
838
938
1038
1138
1238
1337
1437
1536
1636
1735
1835
1935
2035
2135
2235
2335
2435
2535
2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3135

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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
197300
297300
396400
495500
594600
694600
793700
892800
991900
10891010
11881110
12861310
13851410
14841510
15831610
16811720
17801820
18791920
19762130
20752230
21742240
22722350
23702460
24692560
25682570
26662680
27652681
28642691
296227101
306227101
316227101

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
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 4:34 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:087:10
214.15:077:12
314.15:057:13
414.25:047:14
514.25:027:15
614.35:017:17
714.34:597:18
814.44:587:19
914.44:577:20
1014.44:557:22
1114.54:547:23
1214.54:537:24
1314.64:517:25
1414.64:507:27
1514.64:497:28
1614.74:487:29
1714.74:477:30
1814.84:467:31
1914.84:447:32
2014.84:437:34
2114.94:427:35
2214.94:417:36
2314.94:407:37
2415.04:407:38
2515.04:397:39
2615.04:387:40
2715.14:377:41
2815.14:367:42
2915.14:357:43
3015.24:357:44
3115.24:347:45

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Donskoye?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Donskoye for sightseeing.

What to pack for Donskoye in May

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

In May, Donskoye sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Donskoye in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Donskoye peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 10UV 8Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Donskoye 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 Donskoye is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr10Good
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Donskoye?

Donskoye sits at 45.5°N, 42.0°E, 120 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Izobil’nyy, 23 km away.

Topography around Donskoye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donskoye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 803 m.

The land around Donskoye is covered by cropland (33%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
244 m
80 km
803 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Izobil’nyy 23 km · Mikhaylovsk 36 km · Stavropol 47 km · Krasnogvardeyskoye 56 km · Novoaleksandrovsk 58 km · Svetlograd 70 km · Ipatovo 78 km · Novokubansk 82 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 Donskoye (45.4535°, 41.9724°, elevation 120 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).