Kovylkino weather in May

In May, Kovylkino sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kovylkino's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kovylkino's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:09 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
59%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Kovylkino is human settlement in Kovylkinsky District, Republic of Mordovia, Russia.

Founded
1892

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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kovylkino reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kovylkino

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.

Kovylkino 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-6° / -12°4010.512.27.70.0
Feb-5° / -12°358.59.79.40.0
Mar / -6°368.68.111.50.0
Apr11° / 429.11.813.72.7
May19° / 4890.215.76.2
Jun23° / 12°6511.4016.86.5
Jul25° / 14°6611.2016.36.8
Aug23° / 13°6210014.66.8
Sep17° / 5510012.55.1
Oct / 5410.11.810.21.7
Nov / -4°439.36.38.30.0
Dec-5° / -9°431111.47.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34555
44555
54654
64654
74654
84753
94654
104753
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124654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kovylkino gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 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 30% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1292
2282
3282
4281
5281
6271
7271
8271
9271
10271
11271
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14270
15280
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31370

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
79910
89910
99910
109910
119820
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189550
199460
209370
219280
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2490100
2589110
2688120
2787130
2886140
2984151
3084151
3183161

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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 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 4:38 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 8:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.84:387:25
214.94:367:27
314.94:347:29
415.04:327:31
515.04:307:32
615.14:287:34
715.24:267:36
815.24:247:38
915.34:227:40
1015.44:207:42
1115.44:187:43
1215.54:167:45
1315.54:147:47
1415.64:137:49
1515.74:117:50
1615.74:097:52
1715.84:087:54
1815.84:067:55
1915.94:047:57
2015.94:037:59
2116.04:018:00
2216.04:008:02
2316.13:588:03
2416.13:578:05
2516.23:568:06
2616.23:548:08
2716.33:538:09
2816.33:528:11
2916.43:518:12
3016.43:508:13
3116.43:498:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kovylkino?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kovylkino for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kovylkino in May

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

In May, Kovylkino sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kovylkino 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 Kovylkino peaks around June 22 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 22UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kovylkino?

Kovylkino sits at 54.0°N, 43.9°E, 149 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhniy Lomov, 59 km away.

Topography around Kovylkino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kovylkino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m.

The land around Kovylkino is covered by trees (33%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), grassland (31%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), trees (33%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
120 m
80 km
212 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Nizhniy Lomov 59 km · Ruzayevka 67 km · Saransk 83 km · Kamenka 96 km · Sarov 109 km · Penza 118 km · Zarechnyy 125 km · Sasovo 135 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 Kovylkino (54.0372°, 43.9187°, elevation 149 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).