Kstovo weather in May

In May, Kstovo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kstovo's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kstovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:58 AM – 8:01 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Kstovo is human settlement in Kstovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density
3,736/km²
people per km²
Founded
1301

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kstovo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2165
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How May really feels in Kstovo

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.

Kstovo 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°3610.512.27.30.0
Feb-5° / -11°318.49.79.10.0
Mar / -6°338.57.611.40.0
Apr10° / 388.71.813.82.4
May18° / 469.50.2165.9
Jun22° / 12°7012017.26.2
Jul24° / 15°7111.6016.76.7
Aug22° / 13°6610.7014.96.5
Sep16° / 5410012.54.7
Oct / 6211.72.310.11.3
Nov-0° / -4°449.97.17.90.0
Dec-5° / -9°4110.611.16.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44654
54753
64753
74654
84654
94654
104654
114555
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134654
144654
154555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kstovo gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 31% 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 (%)
1262
2261
3261
4261
5271
6271
7271
8281
9281
10291
11291
12291
13301
14301
15301
16311
17311
18321
19321
20321
21331
22330
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24340
25340
26350
27360
28360
29360
30370
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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109730
119730
129640
139640
149550
159550
169460
179370
189370
199280
209190
219190
2290100
2389101
2488111
2588111
2687112
2786122
2886122
2986122
3085123
3185123

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:30 AM to 3:35 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 8:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:307:31
215.14:277:33
315.24:257:35
415.24:237:37
515.34:217:39
615.44:187:41
715.54:167:43
815.54:147:45
915.64:127:47
1015.74:107:49
1115.74:087:51
1215.84:067:53
1315.94:047:55
1415.94:027:57
1516.04:007:59
1616.03:588:01
1716.13:568:03
1816.23:548:05
1916.23:538:06
2016.33:518:08
2116.33:498:10
2216.43:488:12
2316.53:468:13
2416.53:448:15
2516.63:438:17
2616.63:428:18
2716.73:408:20
2816.73:398:22
2916.83:378:23
3016.83:368:25
3116.93:358:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.31 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.1Bright
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105.2Bright
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275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kstovo?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kstovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kstovo in May

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

In May, Kstovo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kstovo 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 Kstovo peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kstovo?

Kstovo sits at 56.1°N, 44.2°E, 127 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhny Novgorod, 24 km away.

Topography around Kstovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kstovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m.

The land around Kstovo is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
200 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Nizhny Novgorod 24 km · Bor 25 km · Bogorodsk 43 km · Dzerzhinsk 47 km · Novaya Balakhna 53 km · Lyskovo 54 km · Pavlovo 72 km · Gorodets 72 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 Kstovo (56.1475°, 44.1987°, elevation 127 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).