Kotel’nich weather in May

In May, Kotel’nich sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Kotel’nich's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kotel’nich's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
3:30 AM – 7:56 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Kotel’nich is town in Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Density
862/km²
people per km²
Founded
1143

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kotel’nich reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1143
2143
3144
4154
5154
6154
7154
8165
9165
10165
11165
12165
13175
14176
15176
16176
17176
18176
19176
20186
21187
22187
23187
24187
25187
26197
27198
28198
29198
30198
31198

How May really feels in Kotel’nich

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.

Kotel’nich weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°3810.713.46.80.0
Feb-7° / -14°318.110.58.90.0
Mar-0° / -8°3899.311.40.0
Apr / -0°419.33.1141.7
May17° / 5610.50.516.45.2
Jun21° / 11°7812.4017.86.0
Jul23° / 13°8212017.26.6
Aug20° / 11°6811.5015.16.0
Sep14° / 5911.30.212.53.9
Oct / 6812.23.39.90.7
Nov-2° / -6°4710.49.17.50.0
Dec-7° / -12°4511.4136.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 61%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
33862
43862
53862
64060
74060
84159
94060
104060
114159
124159
134258
144258
154159
164159
174159
184060
194060
203961
213862
223862
233862
243862
253763
263763
273763
283664
293664
303763
313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kotel’nich gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1303
2303
3313
4312
5322
6322
7332
8342
9352
10352
11362
12362
13362
14362
15362
16362
17361
18351
19351
20351
21351
22341
23341
24341
25341
26341
27340
28350
29350
30350
31360

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
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
169820
179730
189730
199730
209541
219541
229541
239451
249451
259352
269262
279262
289172
299172
309082
319082

Wind in May

Winds average 11 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
112calm
212calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
1811calm
1912calm
2012calm
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3111calm

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 4:05 AM to 3:04 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 8:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:057:23
215.44:027:25
315.54:007:27
415.53:577:30
515.63:557:32
615.73:527:34
715.83:507:36
815.93:487:39
915.93:457:41
1016.03:437:43
1116.13:417:45
1216.23:387:47
1316.23:367:50
1416.33:347:52
1516.43:327:54
1616.43:307:56
1716.53:287:58
1816.63:268:00
1916.63:248:02
2016.73:228:04
2116.83:208:06
2216.83:188:08
2316.93:168:10
2417.03:148:12
2517.03:138:14
2617.13:118:16
2717.13:098:18
2817.23:088:19
2917.23:068:21
3017.33:058:23
3117.43:048:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.23 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kotel’nich?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kotel’nich for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kotel’nich in May

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

In May, Kotel’nich sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kotel’nich 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 Kotel’nich peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 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 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kotel’nich?

Kotel’nich sits at 58.3°N, 48.3°E, 121 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kirov, 84 km away.

Topography around Kotel’nich

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotel’nich has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m.

The land around Kotel’nich is covered by trees (51%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
97 m
80 km
225 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kirov 84 km · Sovetsk 87 km · Kirovo-Chepetsk 102 km · Yaransk 114 km · Slobodskoy 117 km · Shakhun’ya 123 km · Shar’ya 165 km · Yoshkar-Ola 187 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 Kotel’nich (58.3035°, 48.3374°, elevation 121 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).