Lebedyan’ weather in May

In May, Lebedyan’ sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lebedyan’'s 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lebedyan’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:33 AM – 8:07 PM
Cloud cover
57%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Lebedyan’ is human settlement in Lebedyansky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1605

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lebedyan’ reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°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 8°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Lebedyan’

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.

Lebedyan’ 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-5° / -10°399.710.37.90.0
Feb-4° / -10°378.28.39.50.0
Mar / -5°368.66.811.50.0
Apr12° / 4391.413.63.2
May20° / 539.90.115.56.3
Jun23° / 13°6010.9016.66.7
Jul25° / 15°6411.6016.26.6
Aug24° / 13°528.2014.57.2
Sep18° / 498.90.112.45.7
Oct10° / 569.51.210.32.2
Nov / -3°418.54.98.40.0
Dec-3° / -8°399.49.27.40.0

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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lebedyan’ gets around 53 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 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
328
429
529
630
730
831
931
1032
1132
1233
1333
1433
1534
1634
1734
1834
1933
2033
2133
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2632
2732
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3032
3132

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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109640
119640
129550
139460
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2984142
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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
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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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 4:13 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 8:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:007:41
214.74:587:43
314.84:567:45
414.94:547:46
514.94:527:48
615.04:507:50
715.14:487:52
815.14:477:53
915.24:457:55
1015.24:437:57
1115.34:417:58
1215.34:398:00
1315.44:388:02
1415.54:368:03
1515.54:348:05
1615.64:338:07
1715.64:318:08
1815.74:308:10
1915.74:288:11
2015.84:278:13
2115.84:258:15
2215.94:248:16
2315.94:228:18
2416.04:218:19
2516.04:208:20
2616.14:198:22
2716.14:178:23
2816.14:168:25
2916.24:158:26
3016.24:148:27
3116.34:138:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lebedyan’?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lebedyan’ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lebedyan’ in May

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

In May, Lebedyan’ sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Lebedyan’ 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 Lebedyan’ peaks around June 23 at about 7 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lebedyan’ 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 Lebedyan’ is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 2015 µg/m³Dec 216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lebedyan’?

Lebedyan’ sits at 53.0°N, 39.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dankov, 26 km away.

Topography around Lebedyan’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lebedyan’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 152 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Lebedyan’ is covered by grassland (28%), cropland (27%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
145 m
80 km
182 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Dankov 26 km · Lipetsk 55 km · Yelets 62 km · Yefremov 70 km · Gryazi 79 km · Michurinsk 90 km · Skopin 94 km · Ryazhsk 99 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 Lebedyan’ (53.0153°, 39.1446°, elevation 135 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).