Lipetsk weather in May

In May, Lipetsk sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 49 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lipetsk's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lipetsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:33 AM – 8:03 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Lipetsk is city in the center of European Russia.

Density
1,544/km²
people per km²
Founded
1703

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lipetsk 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 13°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°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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How May really feels in Lipetsk

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.

Lipetsk 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-4° / -10°409.59.980.0
Feb-4° / -10°358.27.99.50.0
Mar / -5°379.1711.50.1
Apr13° / 418.6113.63.5
May20° / 498.9015.56.5
Jun24° / 13°5610.4016.56.8
Jul26° / 15°5710.8016.16.7
Aug25° / 14°477.7014.57.3
Sep19° / 508.9012.45.9
Oct11° / 529.3110.32.5
Nov / -3°418.34.58.50.0
Dec-3° / -7°409.38.27.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
44852
54951
64852
74951
84951
94951
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135050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lipetsk gets around 49 mm of rain over 8.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
127
226
326
426
527
627
727
827
928
1028
1128
1229
1329
1429
1529
1630
1730
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2130
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2630
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3029
3129

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 (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59910
69820
79820
89730
99730
109640
119640
129550
139550
149460
159370
169280
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2586122
2686122
2785132
2885132
2985132
3084133
3183143

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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413light breeze
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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 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 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 8:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:007:38
214.74:587:40
314.84:567:42
414.84:547:43
514.94:527:45
614.94:507:47
715.04:487:48
815.14:467:50
915.14:457:52
1015.24:437:53
1115.24:417:55
1215.34:397:57
1315.34:387:58
1415.44:368:00
1515.54:348:02
1615.54:338:03
1715.64:318:05
1815.64:308:06
1915.74:288:08
2015.74:278:09
2115.84:258:11
2215.84:248:12
2315.94:238:14
2415.94:218:15
2515.94:208:17
2616.04:198:18
2716.04:188:19
2816.14:178:21
2916.14:168:22
3016.14:158:23
3116.24:148:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.48 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 Lipetsk?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lipetsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lipetsk in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Lipetsk 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 Lipetsk peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Lipetsk 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 Lipetsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1915 µg/m³Dec 186 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May7Good
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lipetsk?

Lipetsk sits at 52.6°N, 39.6°E, 156 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gryazi, 28 km away.

Topography around Lipetsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lipetsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Lipetsk is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (37%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
150 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Gryazi 28 km · Lebedyan’ 55 km · Usman’ 62 km · Yelets 70 km · Michurinsk 72 km · Dankov 79 km · Voronezh 105 km · Novaya Usman’ 105 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 Lipetsk (52.5876°, 39.5515°, elevation 156 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).