Kanevskaya weather in May

In May, Kanevskaya sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 62 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-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 37% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kanevskaya's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kanevskaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:58 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Kanevskaya is human settlement in Kanevskoy District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Founded
1794

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 Kanevskaya 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 17°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 Kanevskaya

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.

Kanevskaya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°5310.14.48.90.0
Feb / -3°438.43.4100.1
Mar / 5010.62.411.61.9
Apr16° / 509.60.113.35.1
May22° / 12°6210.2014.76.8
Jun27° / 17°6310015.56.6
Jul30° / 19°397.2015.25.6
Aug30° / 18°4260145.9
Sep24° / 13°406.4012.37.6
Oct17° / 457.60.110.75.7
Nov / 467.71.29.21.8
Dec / -2°539.12.88.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35149
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55149
65149
75149
85149
95149
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115248
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135347
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kanevskaya gets around 62 mm of rain over 10.2 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
127
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3134

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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
194600
293700
392800
491900
5891010
6881110
7871210
8851320
9831520
10801730
11791830
12762040
13752140
14722350
15702460
16672670
17662770
18632980
19613090
205931100
215732110
225533120
235333131
245134141
255034151
264934151
274835162
284735162
294635172
304535173
314535173

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 5:19 AM to 4:44 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:197:24
214.15:177:25
314.25:167:26
414.25:147:28
514.35:137:29
614.35:117:30
714.45:107:32
814.45:087:33
914.55:077:34
1014.55:067:35
1114.55:047:37
1214.65:037:38
1314.65:027:39
1414.75:007:40
1514.74:597:42
1614.74:587:43
1714.84:577:44
1814.84:567:45
1914.94:547:46
2014.94:537:48
2114.94:527:49
2215.04:517:50
2315.04:507:51
2415.04:497:52
2515.14:487:53
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2715.14:477:55
2815.24:467:56
2915.24:457:57
3015.24:447:58
3115.34:447:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kanevskaya?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kanevskaya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kanevskaya in May

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

In May, Kanevskaya sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kanevskaya in May

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 66 km away) is warmest in July at about 25°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Sep 16 — about 3.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May17Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep20Refreshing
Oct15Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Kanevskaya 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 Kanevskaya peaks around July 14 at about 8 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5High
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kanevskaya 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 Kanevskaya is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr11Good
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kanevskaya?

Kanevskaya sits at 46.1°N, 39.0°E, 8 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Bryukhovetskaya, 33 km away.

Topography around Kanevskaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kanevskaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m.

The land around Kanevskaya is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), trees (24%) and wetland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
49 m
80 km
84 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bryukhovetskaya 33 km · Leningradskaya 40 km · Starominskaya 49 km · Timashyovsk 53 km · Primorsko-Akhtarsk 62 km · Pavlovskaya 63 km · Staroshcherbinovskaya 64 km · Medvedovskaya 72 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 Kanevskaya (46.0953°, 38.9769°, elevation 8 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).