Kataysk weather in May

In May, Kataysk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kataysk's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kataysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:44 AM – 8:48 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Kataysk is town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1655

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 15°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kataysk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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2154
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How May really feels in Kataysk

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.

Kataysk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -18°185.877.30.0
Feb-8° / -16°154.85.99.10.0
Mar-0° / -9°245.55.911.40.0
Apr10° / 316.92.213.92.4
May18° / 488.80.5165.9
Jun23° / 12°6110.7017.36.6
Jul24° / 14°7811.6016.86.7
Aug22° / 12°7011.9014.96.2
Sep15° / 469.10.112.54.5
Oct / 398.83.110.11.2
Nov-3° / -9°287.87.27.90.0
Dec-9° / -15°236.77.96.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33664
43862
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74060
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124159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kataysk gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)
1243
2242
3232
4242
5242
6242
7252
8252
9262
10272
11272
12282
13292
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15302
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18302
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21312
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26311
27311
28310
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31320

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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101000
111000
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21991
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23982
24982
25973
26973
27973
28964
29964
30955
31946

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 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
213light breeze
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413light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 8:18 PM to 9:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:168:18
215.15:138:20
315.25:118:22
415.35:098:24
515.35:068:26
615.45:048:28
715.55:028:30
815.55:008:32
915.64:588:34
1015.74:568:36
1115.74:548:38
1215.84:528:40
1315.94:508:42
1415.94:488:44
1516.04:468:46
1616.14:448:48
1716.14:428:50
1816.24:408:52
1916.34:388:54
2016.34:378:55
2116.44:358:57
2216.44:338:59
2316.54:329:01
2416.54:309:02
2516.64:299:04
2616.64:279:06
2716.74:269:07
2816.74:249:09
2916.84:239:11
3016.84:229:12
3116.94:219:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.38 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kataysk?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kataysk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kataysk in May

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

In May, Kataysk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kataysk 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 Kataysk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kataysk 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 Kataysk is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1915 µg/m³Dec 196 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kataysk?

Kataysk sits at 56.3°N, 62.6°E, 120 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kamensk-Ural’skiy, 42 km away.

Topography around Kataysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kataysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Kataysk is covered by trees (37%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (32%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), trees (35%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kamensk-Ural’skiy 42 km · Kamyshlov 63 km · Bogdanovich 63 km · Shadrinsk 69 km · Sukhoy Log 77 km · Zarechnyy 96 km · Reftinskiy 105 km · Asbest 105 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 Kataysk (56.2885°, 62.5812°, elevation 120 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).