Kachkanar weather in May

In May, Kachkanar sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 16.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kachkanar's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kachkanar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:43 AM – 9:14 PM
Cloud cover
67%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Kachkanar is human settlement in Kachkanar Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
139/km²
people per km²
Founded
1957

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 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kachkanar reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kachkanar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 11 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
11
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kachkanar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -18°2068.56.70.0
Feb-9° / -16°154.86.68.80.0
Mar-1° / -10°297.58.811.40.0
Apr / -2°388.75.2141.0
May15° / 5610.71.316.54.3
Jun20° / 9013.20.117.95.6
Jul22° / 12°8312.8017.36.1
Aug18° / 10°8713015.25.3
Sep12° / 6711.50.912.63.0
Oct / -1°46105.59.90.4
Nov-5° / -10°338.58.77.50.0
Dec-10° / -16°216.48.56.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
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53565
63763
73763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kachkanar gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1319
2319
3318
4307
5307
6306
7306
8305
9305
10315
11324
12324
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17364
18374
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27403
28402
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30412
31422

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
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131000
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25982
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27973
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29964
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31955

Wind in May

Winds average 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 4:16 AM, and sunset from 8:40 PM to 9:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.45:198:40
215.45:168:42
315.55:138:45
415.65:118:47
515.75:088:49
615.85:068:52
715.85:038:54
815.95:018:56
916.04:598:58
1016.14:569:01
1116.14:549:03
1216.24:529:05
1316.34:499:07
1416.44:479:09
1516.44:459:12
1616.54:439:14
1716.64:419:16
1816.74:399:18
1916.74:379:20
2016.84:359:22
2116.94:339:24
2216.94:319:26
2317.04:299:28
2417.14:279:30
2517.14:259:32
2617.24:249:34
2717.24:229:36
2817.34:209:38
2917.34:199:40
3017.44:179:41
3117.54:169:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kachkanar?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kachkanar for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kachkanar in May

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

In May, Kachkanar sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kachkanar 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 Kachkanar peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kachkanar?

Kachkanar sits at 58.7°N, 59.5°E, 366 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhnyaya Tura, 23 km away.

Topography around Kachkanar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kachkanar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 297 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 811 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,060 m.

The land around Kachkanar is covered by trees (56%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
811 m
80 km
1,060 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Nizhnyaya Tura 23 km · Kushva 48 km · Krasnoural’sk 49 km · Nizhny Tagil 91 km · Verkhnyaya Salda 96 km · Nizhnyaya Salda 100 km · Chusovoy 107 km · Gubakha 112 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 Kachkanar (58.7002°, 59.4839°, elevation 366 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).