Kurganinsk weather in May

In May, Kurganinsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 80 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.6 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 24°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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kurganinsk's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kurganinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:55 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
58%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Kurganinsk is town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density
1,589/km²
people per km²
Founded
1853

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 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kurganinsk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kurganinsk

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.

Kurganinsk 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 / -3°5210.35.490.0
Feb / -3°408.74.110.10.3
Mar11° / 5711.42.811.62.4
Apr17° / 5710.20.213.25.2
May22° / 12°8012.1014.66.4
Jun27° / 16°8010.4015.36.6
Jul30° / 19°597.70155.6
Aug30° / 18°477.1013.95.7
Sep25° / 13°587.3012.37.5
Oct18° / 618.10.110.76.0
Nov10° / 568.51.79.42.4
Dec / -2°56104.28.70.1

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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kurganinsk gets around 80 mm of rain over 12.1 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 38% and peaks near 40% 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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196400
295500
394600
493700
592800
691900
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8871210
9861310
10841510
11821620
12801820
13772030
14762130
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16712450
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18672760
19652870
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225831101
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245532121
255333131
265133142
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284834153
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:15 AM to 4:42 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 7:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:157:15
214.05:147:16
314.15:127:17
414.15:117:18
514.25:097:20
614.25:087:21
714.35:067:22
814.35:057:23
914.35:047:24
1014.45:027:26
1114.45:017:27
1214.55:007:28
1314.54:597:29
1414.64:577:30
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1614.64:557:33
1714.74:547:34
1814.74:537:35
1914.74:527:36
2014.84:517:37
2114.84:507:38
2214.84:497:40
2314.94:487:41
2414.94:477:42
2514.94:467:43
2615.04:457:44
2715.04:447:45
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2915.14:437:47
3015.14:427:48
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kurganinsk?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kurganinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kurganinsk in May

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kurganinsk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kurganinsk peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kurganinsk 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 Kurganinsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kurganinsk?

Kurganinsk sits at 44.9°N, 40.6°E, 169 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Labinsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Kurganinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kurganinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 170 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,393 m.

The land around Kurganinsk is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
131 m
80 km
1,393 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Labinsk 30 km · Giaginskaya 41 km · Armavir 43 km · Novokubansk 43 km · Maykop 49 km · Gul’kevichi 53 km · Mostovskoy 55 km · Belorechensk 58 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 Kurganinsk (44.8845°, 40.5889°, elevation 169 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).