Krasnoturinsk weather in May

In May, Krasnoturinsk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 16.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-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 19% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Krasnoturinsk's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Krasnoturinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
16 h 42 min
4:33 AM – 9:18 PM
Cloud cover
68%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Krasnoturinsk is town in Russia.

Density
202/km²
people per km²
Founded
1758

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 Krasnoturinsk reaches about 15°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 7°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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20165
21165
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30177
31187

How May really feels in Krasnoturinsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 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
10
wind chill below the day's low

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

Krasnoturinsk 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-13° / -19°174.96.56.50.0
Feb-9° / -17°134.75.88.70.0
Mar-1° / -10°235.96.811.30.0
Apr / -2°347.54.114.11.2
May15° / 55101.316.74.4
Jun20° / 10°7811.60.118.25.9
Jul22° / 13°7710.6017.66.5
Aug19° / 10°8011.4015.35.6
Sep13° / 6511.30.712.63.1
Oct / -1°409.44.39.80.4
Nov-5° / -11°287.47.77.20.0
Dec-11° / -17°185.46.95.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
23070
33169
43169
53169
63367
73367
83367
93268
103268
113367
123367
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313565

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Krasnoturinsk gets around 55 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 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1288
2288
3288
4288
5287
6287
7287
8296
9296
10296
11305
12305
13315
14315
15324
16324
17334
18334
19343
20343
21353
22352
23352
24362
25362
26372
27372
28372
29381
30381
31391

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 (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
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1410000
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219910
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259820
269820
279730
289640
299541
309451
319361

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 11 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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411calm
511calm
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811calm
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 4:04 AM, and sunset from 8:42 PM to 9:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.55:118:42
215.65:088:44
315.75:068:47
415.85:038:49
515.95:008:52
615.94:588:54
716.04:558:56
816.14:528:59
916.24:509:01
1016.34:479:04
1116.34:459:06
1216.44:439:08
1316.54:409:11
1416.64:389:13
1516.74:359:15
1616.74:339:18
1716.84:319:20
1816.94:299:22
1917.04:279:24
2017.04:249:27
2117.14:229:29
2217.24:209:31
2317.24:189:33
2417.34:169:35
2517.44:149:37
2617.44:139:39
2717.54:119:41
2817.64:099:43
2917.64:079:45
3017.74:069:47
3117.74:049:49

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
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34.7Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
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84.9Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Krasnoturinsk?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Krasnoturinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Krasnoturinsk in May

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

In May, Krasnoturinsk sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Krasnoturinsk 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 Krasnoturinsk peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Krasnoturinsk?

Krasnoturinsk sits at 59.8°N, 60.2°E, 201 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Karpinsk, 11 km away.

Topography around Krasnoturinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Krasnoturinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 203 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,621 m.

The land around Krasnoturinsk is covered by trees (45%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
290 m
80 km
1,621 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Karpinsk 11 km · Serov 28 km · Severoural’sk 45 km · Ivdel’ 103 km · Kachkanar 126 km · Nizhnyaya Tura 129 km · Krasnoural’sk 156 km · Aleksandrovsk 164 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 Krasnoturinsk (59.7666°, 60.2086°, elevation 201 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).