Khasavyurt weather in May

In May, Khasavyurt sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 92 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°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 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Khasavyurt's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khasavyurt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:36 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
61%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Khasavyurt is city in Russia.

Density
3,171/km²
people per km²
Founded
1846

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 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Khasavyurt reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1189
2189
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41910
51910
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How May really feels in Khasavyurt

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.

Khasavyurt weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°337.86.79.20.0
Feb / -3°3375.810.20.1
Mar10° / 459.54.111.62.1
Apr15° / 6410.70.613.24.5
May21° / 12°9213014.56.0
Jun26° / 17°8711015.16.6
Jul29° / 19°8810.7014.95.8
Aug28° / 19°9010.3013.86.0
Sep23° / 15°8910.5012.36.9
Oct17° / 5690.310.85.6
Nov10° / 417.32.49.52.3
Dec / -1°307.14.68.90.1

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
43961
53961
63961
73961
83961
94060
104060
114060
124159
134258
144258
154456
164456
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184555
194555
204654
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224555
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314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Khasavyurt gets around 92 mm of rain over 13 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
244
344
445
546
646
747
847
947
1047
1146
1246
1345
1444
1543
1643
1742
1841
1940
2040
2139
2238
2338
2438
2538
2638
2738
2838
2939
3039
3140

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 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
397300
496400
595500
693610
792710
891810
9891010
10881110
11861310
12851410
13831610
14811810
15782020
16762220
17742420
18722620
19692830
20673030
21643240
22623440
23593650
24573850
25553960
26524170
27514270
28484381
29464491
304446101
314246101

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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119calm
129calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:55 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:556:47
213.94:536:48
314.04:526:50
414.04:506:51
514.04:496:52
614.14:486:53
714.14:466:54
814.24:456:55
914.24:446:56
1014.34:426:58
1114.34:416:59
1214.34:407:00
1314.44:397:01
1414.44:387:02
1514.44:377:03
1614.54:367:04
1714.54:347:05
1814.54:337:06
1914.64:327:07
2014.64:327:09
2114.64:317:10
2214.74:307:11
2314.74:297:12
2414.74:287:13
2514.84:277:14
2614.84:267:14
2714.84:267:15
2814.94:257:16
2914.94:247:17
3014.94:247:18
3114.94:237:19

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.1Bright
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245.7Bright
255.7Bright
265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Khasavyurt?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Khasavyurt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khasavyurt in May

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

In May, Khasavyurt sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Khasavyurt in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khasavyurt peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low

Air quality in Khasavyurt 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 Khasavyurt is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2022 µg/m³Dec 2112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khasavyurt?

Khasavyurt sits at 43.2°N, 46.6°E, 131 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kizilyurt, 23 km away.

Topography around Khasavyurt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khasavyurt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 713 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,819 m.

The land around Khasavyurt is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), grassland (28%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
713 m
80 km
2,819 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kizilyurt 23 km · Kurchaloy 41 km · Gudermes 41 km · Tsotsin-Yurt 47 km · Avtury 48 km · Shali 57 km · Argun 58 km · Buynaksk 65 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 Khasavyurt (43.2487°, 46.5857°, elevation 131 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).