Kashira weather in May

In May, Kashira sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 52 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 15.8 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 27% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kashira's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kashira's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
4:28 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover
60%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Kashira is town in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,505/km²
people per km²
Founded
1357

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 Kashira reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1166
2166
3166
4176
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How May really feels in Kashira

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.

Kashira 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-5° / -10°369.410.17.60.0
Feb-4° / -10°338.39.39.30.0
Mar / -5°338.77.611.40.0
Apr11° / 449.5213.82.7
May18° / 5210.3015.85.8
Jun22° / 12°6611.9016.96.2
Jul24° / 14°8012.9016.56.5
Aug22° / 12°6310.5014.76.7
Sep16° / 569.50.212.55.0
Oct / 5811.11.710.21.6
Nov / -3°419.15.98.10.0
Dec-3° / -8°389.69.570.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34456
44555
54555
64555
74456
84456
94555
104456
114456
124456
134456
144555
154456
164456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kashira gets around 52 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
131
231
332
432
532
633
733
833
934
1034
1134
1234
1334
1434
1534
1634
1734
1834
1934
2034
2134
2234
2334
2434
2534
2634
2734
2834
2934
3035
3135

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79820
89730
99730
109640
119640
129550
139550
149460
159460
169370
179370
189280
199190
209190
2190100
2290100
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2488111
2588111
2688111
2788111
2888111
2986122
3086122
3186122

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:58 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 8:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.94:587:51
214.94:567:53
315.04:547:55
415.14:527:56
515.14:507:58
615.24:488:00
715.34:468:02
815.34:438:04
915.44:418:06
1015.54:408:08
1115.54:388:10
1215.64:368:11
1315.74:348:13
1415.74:328:15
1515.84:308:17
1615.84:288:19
1715.94:278:20
1816.04:258:22
1916.04:238:24
2016.14:228:26
2116.14:208:27
2216.24:198:29
2316.24:178:30
2416.34:168:32
2516.34:148:34
2616.44:138:35
2716.44:128:37
2816.54:108:38
2916.54:098:40
3016.54:088:41
3116.64:078:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.1Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
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155.3Bright
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275.6Bright
285.6Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kashira?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kashira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kashira in May

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

In May, Kashira sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kashira 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 Kashira peaks around July 10 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 10UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kashira 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 Kashira is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 917 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May12Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kashira?

Kashira sits at 54.8°N, 38.2°E, 173 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Stupino, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Kashira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kashira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Kashira is covered by grassland (35%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (27%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), cropland (29%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Stupino 9.0 km · Ozëry 24 km · Pushchino 37 km · Zaraysk 46 km · Kolomna 46 km · Serpukhov 50 km · Yasnogorsk 51 km · Venëv 55 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 Kashira (54.8476°, 38.1821°, elevation 173 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).