Gul’kevichi weather in May

In May, Gul’kevichi sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°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 Gul’kevichi's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gul’kevichi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:53 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
58%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Gul’kevichi is town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density
1,664/km²
people per km²
Founded
1875

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gul’kevichi 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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How May really feels in Gul’kevichi

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.

Gul’kevichi 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 / -3°4810.65.38.90.0
Feb / -3°3993.910.10.2
Mar10° / 5611.42.811.62.2
Apr17° / 549.80.113.25.1
May22° / 12°7712014.66.5
Jun27° / 16°7210.2015.46.5
Jul30° / 19°568.2015.15.5
Aug30° / 18°446.6013.95.8
Sep24° / 13°567.2012.37.5
Oct17° / 5780.110.75.8
Nov / 518.61.79.32.1
Dec / -2°539.64.28.60.0

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 (%)
14555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gul’kevichi gets around 77 mm of rain over 12 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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334
435
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637
738
838
939
1039
1139
1239
1339
1439
1538
1638
1738
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2138
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2739
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3039
3139

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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196400
295500
394600
493700
592800
6901000
7881110
8871210
9851410
10841510
11821710
12801820
13791920
14762130
15752230
16732340
17712450
18702550
19672760
20652870
21642880
22622990
236030100
245731111
255631121
265432131
275233141
285133142
295033152
304934152
314734163

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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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412light breeze
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912calm
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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 5:14 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:147:15
214.15:127:16
314.15:117:18
414.25:097:19
514.25:087:20
614.35:067:22
714.35:057:23
814.35:037:24
914.45:027:25
1014.45:017:26
1114.54:597:28
1214.54:587:29
1314.64:577:30
1414.64:567:31
1514.64:547:33
1614.74:537:34
1714.74:527:35
1814.84:517:36
1914.84:507:37
2014.84:497:38
2114.94:487:39
2214.94:477:41
2314.94:467:42
2415.04:457:43
2515.04:447:44
2615.04:437:45
2715.14:427:46
2815.14:427:47
2915.14:417:48
3015.14:407:49
3115.24:407:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.62 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 Gul’kevichi?

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
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gul’kevichi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gul’kevichi in May

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gul’kevichi 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 Gul’kevichi peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 12UV 9Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Gul’kevichi 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 Gul’kevichi is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gul’kevichi?

Gul’kevichi sits at 45.4°N, 40.7°E, 99 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kropotkin, 13 km away.

Topography around Gul’kevichi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gul’kevichi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 106 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 m.

The land around Gul’kevichi is covered by cropland (45%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) within 16 km, and cropland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
97 m
80 km
600 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kropotkin 13 km · Novokubansk 38 km · Tbilisskaya 39 km · Novoaleksandrovsk 44 km · Armavir 51 km · Kurganinsk 53 km · Novopokrovskaya 67 km · Tikhoretsk 71 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 Gul’kevichi (45.3538°, 40.6947°, elevation 99 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).