Kirovsk weather in May

In May, Kirovsk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 16.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°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 15 h 30 min at the start of May to 17 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kirovsk's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
4:29 AM – 9:15 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Kirovsk is town of Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
291/km²
people per km²
Founded
1931

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 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kirovsk reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kirovsk

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.

Kirovsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -8°3710.5116.40.0
Feb-4° / -9°2888.58.70.0
Mar / -5°348.66.811.30.0
Apr / 419.43.214.11.4
May15° / 52100.316.74.5
Jun20° / 12°7612.3018.35.8
Jul22° / 15°8212.4017.66.2
Aug20° / 13°8312.3015.35.9
Sep15° / 5711.4012.64.2
Oct / 63131.89.81.1
Nov / -2°5311.56.87.20.0
Dec-2° / -6°4311.59.85.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24456
34456
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64456
74555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kirovsk gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 (%)Muggy (%)
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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
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 min at the start of May to 17 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 4:00 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 9:47 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.55:078:39
215.65:058:42
315.75:028:44
415.84:598:47
515.94:578:49
616.04:548:51
716.04:518:54
816.14:498:56
916.24:468:59
1016.34:449:01
1116.44:419:03
1216.54:399:06
1316.54:369:08
1416.64:349:11
1516.74:329:13
1616.84:299:15
1716.84:279:18
1816.94:259:20
1917.04:239:22
2017.14:209:24
2117.14:189:27
2217.24:169:29
2317.34:149:31
2417.34:129:33
2517.44:109:35
2617.54:099:37
2717.54:079:39
2817.64:059:41
2917.74:039:43
3017.74:029:45
3117.84:009:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kirovsk?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kirovsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kirovsk in May

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

In May, Kirovsk sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kirovsk in May

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in July at about 17°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan0Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May8Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep13Bracing
Oct9Bracing
Nov5Bracing
Dec2Bracing

UV index in Kirovsk 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 Kirovsk peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kirovsk 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 Kirovsk is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1617 µg/m³Nov 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun12Good
Jul12Good
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov6Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kirovsk?

Kirovsk sits at 59.9°N, 31.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Otradnoye, 15 km away.

Topography around Kirovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m.

The land around Kirovsk is covered by trees (70%) within 3 km, trees (72%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
234 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Otradnoye 15 km · Nikol’skoye 23 km · Vsevolozhsk 23 km · Metallostroy 27 km · Kolpino 27 km · Kudrovo 27 km · Rybatskoye 28 km · Obukhovo 31 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 Kirovsk (59.88°, 30.9955°, elevation 12 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).