Kinel’-Cherkassy weather in May

In May, Kinel’-Cherkassy sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kinel’-Cherkassy's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kinel’-Cherkassy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:41 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Kinel’-Cherkassy is village in Kinel-Cherkassky District, Russia.

Founded
1744

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kinel’-Cherkassy reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2176
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How May really feels in Kinel’-Cherkassy

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.

Kinel’-Cherkassy weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°419.811.47.80.0
Feb-7° / -14°328.28.99.40.0
Mar-1° / -8°368.47.711.50.0
Apr11° / 407.91.713.72.9
May20° / 408.10.115.66.6
Jun24° / 13°539.8016.76.9
Jul26° / 15°498.6016.26.9
Aug24° / 13°447.6014.67.3
Sep18° / 468.7012.55.8
Oct10° / 479.11.510.32.0
Nov-0° / -5°428.76.28.40.0
Dec-6° / -12°429.710.37.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44753
54852
64852
74852
84753
94753
104753
114654
124654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kinel’-Cherkassy gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1262
2251
3251
4241
5241
6241
7241
8251
9250
10250
11250
12250
13260
14260
15270
16270
17280
18280
19280
20280
21280
22280
23280
24270
25270
26270
27270
28280
29280
30280
31290

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 97% 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
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219730
229640
239640
249550
259460
269460
279370
289280
299091
3089101
3188111

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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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 8:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:097:53
214.85:077:55
314.95:057:57
414.95:037:58
515.05:018:00
615.04:598:02
715.14:578:04
815.24:568:05
915.24:548:07
1015.34:528:09
1115.34:508:11
1215.44:488:12
1315.54:468:14
1415.54:458:16
1515.64:438:18
1615.64:418:19
1715.74:408:21
1815.74:388:22
1915.84:378:24
2015.84:358:26
2115.94:348:27
2215.94:328:29
2316.04:318:30
2416.04:308:32
2516.14:288:33
2616.14:278:35
2716.24:268:36
2816.24:258:37
2916.34:248:39
3016.34:228:40
3116.34:218:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kinel’-Cherkassy?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kinel’-Cherkassy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kinel’-Cherkassy in May

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

In May, Kinel’-Cherkassy sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kinel’-Cherkassy 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 Kinel’-Cherkassy peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kinel’-Cherkassy?

Kinel’-Cherkassy sits at 53.5°N, 51.5°E, 70 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Otradnyy, 14 km away.

Topography around Kinel’-Cherkassy

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kinel’-Cherkassy.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kinel’-Cherkassy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m.

The land around Kinel’-Cherkassy is covered by trees (29%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%), grassland (24%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
303 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Otradnyy 14 km · Pokhvistnevo 47 km · Kinel’ 64 km · Buguruslan 66 km · Neftegorsk 77 km · Buzuluk 92 km · Samara 95 km · Krasnaya Glinka 100 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 Kinel’-Cherkassy (53.4669°, 51.4941°, elevation 70 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).