Kalininsk weather in May

In May, Kalininsk sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 50 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kalininsk's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalininsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
50 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:17 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
59%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Kalininsk is human settlement in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Density
779/km²
people per km²
Founded
1680

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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kalininsk reaches about 20°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 13°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kalininsk

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.

Kalininsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -11°399.510.68.10.0
Feb-5° / -12°348.38.49.60.0
Mar / -6°378.46.911.50.0
Apr13° / 408.31.513.53.5
May20° / 509.1015.36.5
Jun24° / 13°579.9016.36.9
Jul27° / 16°529015.96.9
Aug26° / 14°396.4014.47.4
Sep19° / 477.1012.46.4
Oct11° / 428.60.910.42.7
Nov / -4°3784.98.60.0
Dec-4° / -9°419.49.57.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24654
34654
44753
54852
64852
74852
84852
94753
104753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kalininsk gets around 50 mm of rain over 9.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
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528
629
729
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1131
1232
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1733
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3129

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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210000
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199460
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219370
229280
239181
249091
2589101
2688111
2788111
2887121
2986131
3084142
3184142

Wind in May

Winds average 14 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:43 AM to 3:59 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:437:15
214.64:417:17
314.64:407:19
414.74:387:20
514.84:367:22
614.84:347:23
714.94:327:25
814.94:307:27
915.04:297:28
1015.04:277:30
1115.14:257:31
1215.24:247:33
1315.24:227:35
1415.34:217:36
1515.34:197:38
1615.44:177:39
1715.44:167:41
1815.54:157:42
1915.54:137:44
2015.64:127:45
2115.64:107:47
2215.64:097:48
2315.74:087:49
2415.74:077:51
2515.84:067:52
2615.84:047:53
2715.94:037:55
2815.94:027:56
2915.94:017:57
3016.04:007:58
3116.03:598:00

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 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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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 Kalininsk?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kalininsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalininsk in May

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

In May, Kalininsk sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kalininsk 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 Kalininsk peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalininsk?

Kalininsk sits at 51.5°N, 44.5°E, 152 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Atkarsk, 56 km away.

Topography around Kalininsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalininsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m.

The land around Kalininsk is covered by trees (37%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (69%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
236 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Atkarsk 56 km · Zhirnovsk 61 km · Yelan’ 80 km · Balashov 91 km · Rtishchevo 97 km · Krasnoarmeysk 100 km · Saratov 105 km · Serdobsk 108 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 Kalininsk (51.4978°, 44.4768°, elevation 152 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).