Kurtamysh weather in May

In May, Kurtamysh sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°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 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kurtamysh's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kurtamysh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
4:43 AM – 8:34 PM
Cloud cover
60%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Kurtamysh is city in Russia.

Density
185/km²
people per km²
Founded
1745

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kurtamysh reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°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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2164
3165
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How May really feels in Kurtamysh

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.

Kurtamysh weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°175.16.47.60.0
Feb-10° / -18°154.65.69.30.0
Mar-2° / -10°245.95.811.40.0
Apr10° / 296.81.813.82.3
May19° / 458.40.315.86.1
Jun23° / 12°519.60176.9
Jul24° / 14°7210.8016.56.8
Aug22° / 12°5810014.76.6
Sep16° / 408.10.112.55.1
Oct / 368.6310.21.5
Nov-3° / -9°266.75.68.10.0
Dec-9° / -16°236.57.970.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
24060
34060
44159
54258
64258
74258
84258
94258
104357
114357
124357
134357
144357
154456
164456
174456
184555
194654
204654
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224753
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244852
254951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kurtamysh gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1242
2242
3242
4241
5241
6241
7251
8251
9251
10251
11261
12261
13261
14271
15271
16271
17272
18282
19282
20281
21281
22281
23281
24281
25281
26281
27281
28281
29291
30290
31290

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 98% 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
1310000
149910
159910
169910
179910
189910
199910
209820
219820
229820
239721
249721
259631
269631
279631
289541
299442
309352
319352

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
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 8:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:138:06
214.95:118:08
315.05:098:10
415.15:078:12
515.25:048:14
615.25:028:15
715.35:008:17
815.44:588:19
915.44:568:21
1015.54:548:23
1115.54:528:25
1215.64:508:27
1315.74:498:29
1415.74:478:30
1515.84:458:32
1615.84:438:34
1715.94:418:36
1816.04:408:37
1916.04:388:39
2016.14:368:41
2116.14:358:42
2216.24:338:44
2316.24:328:46
2416.34:308:47
2516.34:298:49
2616.44:288:50
2716.44:268:52
2816.54:258:53
2916.54:248:55
3016.64:238:56
3116.64:228:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
125.4Bright
135.5Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
175.6Bright
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205.7Bright
215.7Bright
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235.8Bright
245.8Bright
255.8Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kurtamysh?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kurtamysh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kurtamysh in May

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

In May, Kurtamysh sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kurtamysh 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 Kurtamysh peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 20UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kurtamysh?

Kurtamysh sits at 54.9°N, 64.4°E, 104 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shumikha, 81 km away.

Topography around Kurtamysh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kurtamysh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 133 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m.

The land around Kurtamysh is covered by trees (34%), grassland (32%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, trees (49%), cropland (27%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%), cropland (32%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
131 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Shumikha 81 km · Kurgan 83 km · Shadrinsk 140 km · Kopeysk 181 km · Kataysk 192 km · Chelyabinsk 193 km · Korkino 194 km · Kostanay 196 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 Kurtamysh (54.9097°, 64.4319°, elevation 104 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).