Mikhaylovka weather in May

In May, Mikhaylovka sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 41 mm of rain across 8.2 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°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 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mikhaylovka's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mikhaylovka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
41 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:28 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Mikhaylovka is town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

Density
966/km²
people per km²
Founded
1762

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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mikhaylovka reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Mikhaylovka

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.

Mikhaylovka 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-4° / -9°398.68.58.30.0
Feb-3° / -9°327.76.89.70.0
Mar / -4°378.75.211.50.3
Apr14° / 377.70.713.54.4
May22° / 11°418.2015.26.9
Jun26° / 15°448.1016.16.9
Jul29° / 17°468.3015.76.2
Aug28° / 16°264.6014.37.0
Sep21° / 10°436.4012.47.0
Oct13° / 388.10.210.53.5
Nov / -2°337.63.28.80.2
Dec-2° / -7°398.97.57.90.0

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
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34654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mikhaylovka gets around 41 mm of rain over 8.2 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
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525
625
726
826
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1028
1128
1229
1329
1429
1529
1629
1729
1829
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2128
2227
2327
2427
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2726
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3126

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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119640
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:52 AM to 4:11 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:527:16
214.54:507:18
314.54:497:19
414.64:477:21
514.64:457:22
614.74:437:24
714.74:427:26
814.84:407:27
914.84:387:29
1014.94:377:30
1114.94:357:32
1215.04:347:33
1315.04:327:34
1415.14:317:36
1515.14:297:37
1615.24:287:39
1715.24:267:40
1815.34:257:42
1915.34:247:43
2015.44:227:44
2115.44:217:46
2215.54:207:47
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2415.54:187:50
2515.64:177:51
2615.64:167:52
2715.64:157:53
2815.74:147:55
2915.74:137:56
3015.84:127:57
3115.84:117:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.63 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 Mikhaylovka?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mikhaylovka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mikhaylovka in May

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

In May, Mikhaylovka sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mikhaylovka in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mikhaylovka peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mikhaylovka 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 Mikhaylovka is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (September, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Sep 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug7Good
Sep6Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mikhaylovka?

Mikhaylovka sits at 50.1°N, 43.2°E, 76 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Frolovo, 44 km away.

Topography around Mikhaylovka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mikhaylovka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m.

The land around Mikhaylovka is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (31%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

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60 m
16 km
135 m
80 km
203 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Frolovo 44 km · Novoanninskiy 65 km · Yelan’ 105 km · Kotovo 116 km · Uryupinsk 120 km · Povorino 144 km · Zhirnovsk 149 km · Kalach-na-Donu 154 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 Mikhaylovka (50.0619°, 43.2334°, elevation 76 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).