Kotel’nikovo weather in May

In May, Kotel’nikovo sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 46 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kotel’nikovo's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kotel’nikovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:36 AM – 7:31 PM
Cloud cover
54%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Kotel’nikovo is human settlement in Kotelnikovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

Density
491/km²
people per km²
Founded
1897

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 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kotel’nikovo reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°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 Kotel’nikovo

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’nikovo 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-2° / -7°368.86.98.70.0
Feb-0° / -7°307.55.69.90.0
Mar / -2°398.73.711.60.7
Apr15° / 347.10.213.34.9
May22° / 12°468.1014.97.1
Jun28° / 17°377.2015.76.7
Jul30° / 19°355.9015.45.5
Aug30° / 18°264014.16.2
Sep23° / 12°346012.47.4
Oct14° / 387.40.310.64.6
Nov / -1°326.92.29.10.5
Dec-0° / -5°388.75.68.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 48%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Kotel’nikovo gets around 46 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain 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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
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59730
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79640
89550
99460
109271
119271
129181
139091
1489101
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:597:11
214.24:577:12
314.34:557:13
414.34:547:15
514.44:527:16
614.44:517:18
714.54:497:19
814.54:487:20
914.64:467:22
1014.64:457:23
1114.74:437:24
1214.74:427:26
1314.84:407:27
1414.84:397:28
1514.94:387:30
1614.94:367:31
1715.04:357:32
1815.04:347:33
1915.04:337:35
2015.14:327:36
2115.14:307:37
2215.14:297:38
2315.24:287:40
2415.24:277:41
2515.34:267:42
2615.34:257:43
2715.34:257:44
2815.44:247:45
2915.44:237:46
3015.44:227:47
3115.44:217:48

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.75 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kotel’nikovo?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Kotel’nikovo for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Kotel’nikovo in May

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

In May, Kotel’nikovo sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kotel’nikovo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — 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’nikovo peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kotel’nikovo 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 Kotel’nikovo is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Jun 167 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug7Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kotel’nikovo?

Kotel’nikovo sits at 47.6°N, 43.1°E, 50 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zimovniki, 74 km away.

Topography around Kotel’nikovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kotel’nikovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m.

The land around Kotel’nikovo is covered by grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
95 m
80 km
160 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Zimovniki 74 km · Volgodonsk 75 km · Tsimlyansk 79 km · Surovikino 111 km · Orlovskiy 118 km · Kalach-na-Donu 121 km · Morozovsk 126 km · Proletarsk 149 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’nikovo (47.6301°, 43.1416°, elevation 50 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).