Kanash weather in May

In May, Kanash sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kanash's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kanash's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
3:48 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Kanash is city in Chuvash Republic, Russia.

Density
2,697/km²
people per km²
Founded
1892

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kanash reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2165
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4176
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How May really feels in Kanash

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.

Kanash weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -13°339.210.57.40.0
Feb-6° / -13°277.18.69.20.0
Mar-0° / -7°338.17.711.40.0
Apr10° / 388.12.313.82.5
May19° / 499.70.215.96.0
Jun22° / 12°6810.5017.16.6
Jul25° / 14°6911.1016.66.8
Aug23° / 12°619.8014.86.7
Sep16° / 5710.30.112.54.8
Oct / 5110.21.910.11.4
Nov-1° / -5°399.87.380.0
Dec-6° / -11°389.510.46.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34753
44654
54654
64654
74654
84654
94654
104456
114456
124456
134456
144456
154456
164357
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314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kanash gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1292
2292
3282
4281
5281
6281
7291
8291
9291
10291
11291
12291
13291
14291
15301
16301
17311
18321
19321
20331
21331
22340
23340
24340
25350
26350
27350
28350
29350
30350
31350

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139820
149820
159820
169730
179730
189730
199640
209640
219640
229550
239550
249460
259460
269271
279181
289181
299091
309091
3189101

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
214light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:19 AM to 3:26 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 8:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:197:16
215.04:177:18
315.14:147:20
415.24:127:22
515.24:107:24
615.34:087:26
715.44:067:28
815.44:047:29
915.54:027:31
1015.63:597:33
1115.63:587:35
1215.73:567:37
1315.83:547:39
1415.83:527:41
1515.93:507:43
1615.93:487:45
1716.03:467:46
1816.13:457:48
1916.13:437:50
2016.23:417:52
2116.23:407:53
2216.33:387:55
2316.33:367:57
2416.43:357:58
2516.43:338:00
2616.53:328:02
2716.53:318:03
2816.63:298:05
2916.63:288:06
3016.73:278:08
3116.73:268:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.45 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
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165.4Bright
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245.6Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kanash?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kanash for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kanash in May

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

In May, Kanash sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kanash 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 Kanash peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kanash?

Kanash sits at 55.5°N, 47.5°E, 196 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novocheboksarsk, 67 km away.

Topography around Kanash

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kanash has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Kanash is covered by grassland (30%), artificial surfaces (27%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), trees (31%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), trees (36%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
241 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Novocheboksarsk 67 km · Volzhsk 67 km · Shumerlya 68 km · Cheboksary 71 km · Zelenodolsk 74 km · Buinsk 78 km · Vasil’yevo 85 km · Alatyr’ 94 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 Kanash (55.5096°, 47.4913°, elevation 196 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).