Luga weather in May

In May, Luga sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 16.5 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 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Luga's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:41 AM – 9:13 PM
Cloud cover
64%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Luga is town in Russia.

Density
3,086/km²
people per km²
Founded
1777

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 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Luga reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1144
2144
3144
4154
5154
6154
7155
8155
9155
10165
11165
12165
13165
14166
15166
16176
17176
18176
19176
20177
21177
22177
23187
24187
25188
26188
27188
28188
29198
30198
31199

How May really feels in Luga

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.

Luga 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-3° / -8°4310.811.16.70.0
Feb-3° / -9°348.78.68.80.0
Mar / -5°379.4711.40.0
Apr10° / 449.82.6142.3
May17° / 5811.10.216.55.0
Jun20° / 11°8913017.95.7
Jul23° / 13°7712.8017.36.2
Aug21° / 12°8312.5015.26.0
Sep15° / 5810.8012.64.4
Oct / 5912.31.89.91.3
Nov / -2°5411.45.77.40.0
Dec-1° / -6°4611.89.86.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
33961
44060
54060
64159
74060
84060
94060
104060
114060
124060
134060
143961
153961
163961
173862
183862
193862
203763
213763
223763
233763
243862
253862
263862
273961
284060
294060
304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Luga gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1302
2312
3311
4321
5321
6331
7341
8341
9351
10351
11361
12361
13371
14371
15381
16381
17381
18391
19391
20390
21380
22380
23380
24380
25370
26370
27370
28370
29370
30370
31370

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 96% 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
69910
79910
89910
99910
109910
119820
129820
139820
149730
159730
169730
179631
189541
199541
209541
219541
229451
239352
249352
259352
269352
279253
289253
299253
309163
319163

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
1811calm
1911calm
2011calm
2111calm
2211calm
2311calm
2411calm
2511calm
2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of May to 17 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 9:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.45:178:39
215.45:148:41
315.55:128:43
415.65:098:46
515.75:078:48
615.85:048:50
715.85:028:53
815.94:598:55
916.04:578:57
1016.14:558:59
1116.24:529:02
1216.24:509:04
1316.34:489:06
1416.44:459:08
1516.54:439:10
1616.54:419:13
1716.64:399:15
1816.74:379:17
1916.74:359:19
2016.84:339:21
2116.94:319:23
2216.94:299:25
2317.04:279:27
2417.14:259:29
2517.14:249:31
2617.24:229:33
2717.24:209:35
2817.34:199:37
2917.44:179:38
3017.44:169:40
3117.54:149:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.6Bright
34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.8Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.9Bright
104.9Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Luga?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Luga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Luga in May

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

In May, Luga sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Luga 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 Luga peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Luga?

Luga sits at 58.7°N, 29.8°E, 40 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Velikiy Novgorod, 86 km away.

Topography around Luga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m.

The land around Luga is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
173 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Velikiy Novgorod 86 km · Gatchina 95 km · Kingisepp 100 km · Kommunar 103 km · Tosno 107 km · Slantsy 109 km · Pavlovsk 110 km · Krasnoye Selo 112 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 Luga (58.7388°, 29.8476°, elevation 40 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).