Kumertau weather in May

In May, Kumertau sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kumertau's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kumertau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
5:27 AM – 8:59 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Kumertau is human settlement in Kumertau Urban Okrug, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

Density
384/km²
people per km²
Founded
1947

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kumertau reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2175
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How May really feels in Kumertau

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.

Kumertau weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -16°441012.37.90.0
Feb-9° / -16°367.799.50.0
Mar-2° / -9°448.68.511.50.0
Apr10° / 428.22.313.62.5
May19° / 519.90.115.56.2
Jun24° / 12°489.2016.57.0
Jul26° / 14°458.4016.17.1
Aug24° / 13°457.7014.57.2
Sep18° / 418.4012.45.7
Oct / 519.42.210.31.8
Nov-1° / -7°459.18.18.50.0
Dec-8° / -14°479.611.27.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24654
34654
44753
54852
64852
74852
84852
94852
104852
114852
124852
134753
144753
154852
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275050
285050
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305149
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kumertau gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1323
2313
3313
4312
5312
6322
7321
8321
9321
10321
11321
12321
13330
14330
15330
16330
17330
18330
19330
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21320
22320
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24310
25300
26300
27300
28290
29290
30290
31300

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 97% 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
129910
139910
149910
159910
169820
179820
189820
199730
209730
219640
229640
239550
249550
259361
269361
279271
289271
299271
309181
319181

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
114light breeze
214light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 8:34 PM to 9:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:548:34
214.75:528:35
314.85:508:37
414.85:488:39
514.95:478:41
615.05:458:42
715.05:438:44
815.15:418:46
915.15:398:47
1015.25:378:49
1115.35:358:51
1215.35:348:53
1315.45:328:54
1415.45:308:56
1515.55:298:57
1615.55:278:59
1715.65:269:01
1815.65:249:02
1915.75:239:04
2015.75:219:05
2115.85:209:07
2215.85:189:08
2315.95:179:10
2415.95:169:11
2516.05:149:13
2616.05:139:14
2716.15:129:15
2816.15:119:17
2916.15:109:18
3016.25:099:19
3116.25:089:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.5Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
145.6Bright
155.6Bright
165.7Bright
175.7Bright
185.7Bright
195.8Bright
205.8Bright
215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kumertau?

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
2.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kumertau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kumertau in May

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

In May, Kumertau sees daytime highs around 19°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 Kumertau 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 Kumertau peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kumertau?

Kumertau sits at 52.8°N, 55.8°E, 301 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Meleuz, 24 km away.

Topography around Kumertau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kumertau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 307 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m.

The land around Kumertau is covered by trees (42%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (35%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%), grassland (29%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
309 m
80 km
648 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Meleuz 24 km · Salavat 69 km · Ishimbay 78 km · Sterlitamak 98 km · Saraktash 115 km · Orenburg 120 km · Rayevskiy 155 km · Davlekanovo 169 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 Kumertau (52.7649°, 55.7878°, elevation 301 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).