Kolpashevo weather in May

In May, Kolpashevo sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kolpashevo's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolpashevo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:11 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Kolpashevo is human settlement in Kolpashevsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
105/km²
people per km²
Founded
1650

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 11°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kolpashevo reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kolpashevo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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
14
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kolpashevo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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° / -23°20796.80.0
Feb-11° / -20°165.77.78.90.0
Mar-2° / -12°237.37.811.40.0
Apr / -4°328.44.4140.8
May14° / 5310.91.316.44.0
Jun21° / 11°6411.4017.86.1
Jul23° / 13°6610.6017.26.7
Aug20° / 10°7311.5015.15.9
Sep13° / 5411.20.412.53.3
Oct / -2°4511.46.89.90.3
Nov-7° / -13°3910.411.87.50.0
Dec-13° / -20°299.812.66.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kolpashevo gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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2359
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5358
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11336
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30380
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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299550
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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 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:46 AM to 3:45 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 9:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:468:05
215.44:448:07
315.54:418:09
415.54:398:12
515.64:368:14
615.74:348:16
715.84:328:18
815.94:298:20
915.94:278:23
1016.04:258:25
1116.14:228:27
1216.24:208:29
1316.24:188:31
1416.34:168:34
1516.44:138:36
1616.44:118:38
1716.54:098:40
1816.64:078:42
1916.64:058:44
2016.74:038:46
2116.84:018:48
2216.84:008:50
2316.93:588:52
2417.03:568:54
2517.03:548:56
2617.13:538:58
2717.13:519:00
2817.23:499:01
2917.33:489:03
3017.33:479:05
3117.43:459:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.24 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kolpashevo?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kolpashevo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kolpashevo in May

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

In May, Kolpashevo sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kolpashevo 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 Kolpashevo peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kolpashevo 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 Kolpashevo is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 9.9× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodJul 1417 µg/m³Dec 172 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep7Good
Oct4Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kolpashevo?

Kolpashevo sits at 58.3°N, 82.9°E, 64 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Seversk, 225 km away.

Topography around Kolpashevo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolpashevo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m.

The land around Kolpashevo is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and wetland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
51 m
80 km
114 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Seversk 225 km · Tomsk 238 km · Asino 243 km · Tayga 299 km · Bolotnoye 308 km · Yashkino 312 km · Anzhero-Sudzhensk 312 km · Yurga 313 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 Kolpashevo (58.3201°, 82.903°, elevation 64 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).