Lesnoy weather in May

In May, Lesnoy sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lesnoy's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lesnoy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:35 AM – 8:53 PM
Cloud cover
65%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Lesnoy is human settlement in Irbitsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lesnoy reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2143
3143
4143
5153
6154
7154
8164
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10164
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How May really feels in Lesnoy

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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
4
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Lesnoy weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -18°1867.470.0
Feb-8° / -16°154.75.790.0
Mar / -9°256.56.911.40.0
Apr / -1°337.22.8141.9
May17° / 519.10.616.35.4
Jun22° / 11°7311.1017.66.3
Jul23° / 13°8312017.16.6
Aug21° / 11°77120155.9
Sep14° / 5410.30.212.54.0
Oct / 388.93.3100.9
Nov-3° / -9°2987.67.70.0
Dec-9° / -16°216.98.46.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33466
43664
53664
63763
73862
83862
93862
103961
114060
124060
133961
143961
153961
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274060
284159
294258
304357
314357

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Lesnoy gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1264
2264
3264
4263
5263
6263
7263
8273
9273
10283
11283
12293
13302
14302
15312
16312
17322
18322
19322
20321
21321
22321
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24321
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27310
28310
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30310
31310

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
19991
20991
21991
22991
23982
24982
25973
26964
27964
28955
29946
30946
31937

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
112light breeze
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 8:21 PM to 9:21 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:098:21
215.35:068:23
315.45:048:26
415.45:018:28
515.54:598:30
615.64:578:32
715.74:548:34
815.74:528:36
915.84:508:39
1015.94:478:41
1116.04:458:43
1216.04:438:45
1316.14:418:47
1416.24:398:49
1516.24:378:51
1616.34:358:53
1716.44:338:55
1816.44:318:57
1916.54:298:59
2016.64:279:01
2116.64:259:03
2216.74:239:05
2316.84:229:07
2416.84:209:09
2516.94:189:10
2616.94:179:12
2717.04:159:14
2817.04:149:16
2917.14:129:17
3017.14:119:19
3117.24:109:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.3Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
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205.4Bright
215.4Bright
225.4Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Lesnoy?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lesnoy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lesnoy in May

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

In May, Lesnoy sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lesnoy 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 Lesnoy peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lesnoy?

Lesnoy sits at 57.6°N, 63.1°E, 122 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Irbit, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Lesnoy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lesnoy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m.

The land around Lesnoy is covered by trees (44%) and cropland (37%) within 3 km, trees (42%), grassland (27%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
120 m
80 km
190 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Irbit 5.0 km · Turinsk 60 km · Artëmovskiy 78 km · Alapayevsk 86 km · Kamyshlov 89 km · Sukhoy Log 101 km · Reftinskiy 103 km · Rezh 104 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 Lesnoy (57.6198°, 63.0784°, elevation 122 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).