Ipatovo weather in May

In May, Ipatovo sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.2 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 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ipatovo's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ipatovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:43 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Ipatovo is human settlement in Ipatovsky District, Stavropol Krai, Russia.

Density
1,817/km²
people per km²
Founded
1860

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 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ipatovo reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ipatovo

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.

Ipatovo 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 / -5°338.85.18.90.0
Feb / -4°287.44.510.10.0
Mar / 459.73.311.61.5
Apr16° / 418.10.113.35.1
May23° / 12°5810.2014.76.7
Jun28° / 17°538.4015.46.2
Jul31° / 19°386.7015.15.0
Aug30° / 18°365.7013.95.6
Sep24° / 13°406.5012.37.5
Oct16° / 447.80.210.75.3
Nov / 377.52.19.31.1
Dec / -3°358.44.38.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ipatovo gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.2 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min 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 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:047:07
214.15:027:08
314.15:017:10
414.24:597:11
514.24:587:12
614.34:567:14
714.34:557:15
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1214.54:487:21
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2915.24:317:40
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ipatovo?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ipatovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ipatovo in May

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

In May, Ipatovo sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ipatovo 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 Ipatovo peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 8Jan 12UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ipatovo 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 Ipatovo 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 1815 µg/m³Dec 227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr10Good
May12Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep11Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ipatovo?

Ipatovo sits at 45.7°N, 42.9°E, 105 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Divnoye, 40 km away.

Topography around Ipatovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ipatovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 448 m.

The land around Ipatovo is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
448 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Divnoye 40 km · Svetlograd 44 km · Donskoye 78 km · Blagodarnyy 80 km · Mikhaylovsk 95 km · Izobil’nyy 101 km · Stavropol 106 km · Krasnogvardeyskoye 109 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 Ipatovo (45.718°, 42.9061°, elevation 105 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).