Khabarovsk weather in May

In May, Khabarovsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Khabarovsk's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khabarovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
81 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
5:26 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
67%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Khabarovsk is city in Russia, administrative center of the Khabarovsk Krai.

Density
1,614/km²
people per km²
Founded
1858

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Khabarovsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1153
2153
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10186
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How May really feels in Khabarovsk

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.

Khabarovsk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-15° / -25°82.33.58.60.0
Feb-10° / -21°92.43.49.90.0
Mar-0° / -11°244.74.811.60.0
Apr10° / -1°4582.713.42.5
May19° / 8111.80.2155.6
Jun24° / 14°9512.2015.86.2
Jul26° / 17°15014.5015.55.8
Aug25° / 16°15014.4014.16.0
Sep19° / 8310.8012.45.9
Oct10° / 518.91.510.62.4
Nov-3° / -11°255.54.890.0
Dec-14° / -22°133.44.48.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43763
53763
63763
73664
83664
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103664
113664
123664
133664
143763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Khabarovsk gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1343
2352
3352
4352
5352
6362
7361
8361
9361
10371
11371
12371
13371
14370
15370
16370
17370
18380
19380
20380
21380
22380
23380
24390
25390
26390
27390
28390
29390
30390
31390

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
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
1310000
1410000
159910
169910
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209820
219730
229730
239640
249550
259460
269280
279091
2888111
2986131
3083152
3181172

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 8:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:498:05
214.35:478:06
314.45:458:08
414.45:448:09
514.55:428:11
614.55:418:12
714.65:398:13
814.65:378:15
914.75:368:16
1014.75:348:18
1114.85:338:19
1214.85:318:20
1314.95:308:22
1414.95:298:23
1515.05:278:24
1615.05:268:26
1715.05:258:27
1815.15:238:28
1915.15:228:30
2015.25:218:31
2115.25:208:32
2215.25:198:34
2315.35:188:35
2415.35:168:36
2515.45:158:37
2615.45:148:38
2715.45:148:39
2815.55:138:41
2915.55:128:42
3015.55:118:43
3115.65:108:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.51 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in May across the year — May's 5.51 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.4Bright
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95.4Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
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135.5Bright
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155.5Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Khabarovsk

In seasonPeak

In May, Khabarovsk sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Khabarovsk's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Khabarovsk?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Khabarovsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khabarovsk in May

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

In May, Khabarovsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Khabarovsk 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 Khabarovsk peaks around July 24 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 24UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Khabarovsk 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 Khabarovsk is worst in April — around 188 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 26.9× the cleanest month (September, 7 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodUnhealthyApr 18178 µg/m³Sep 98 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb30Moderate
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr188Very unhealthy
May125Unhealthy
Jun12Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep7Good
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov116Unhealthy
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Khabarovsk?

Khabarovsk sits at 48.5°N, 135.1°E, 48 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vyazemskiy, 106 km away.

Topography around Khabarovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khabarovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 59 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 908 m.

The land around Khabarovsk is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (32%) and wetland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (37%) and wetland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
193 m
80 km
908 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Vyazemskiy 106 km · Birobidzhan 164 km · Bikin 194 km · Luchegorsk 232 km · Amursk 236 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 270 km · Dalnerechensk 299 km · Lesozavodsk 357 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 Khabarovsk (48.462°, 135.0971°, elevation 48 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).