Mikhaylovsk weather in May

In May, Mikhaylovsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 87 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mikhaylovsk's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mikhaylovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:49 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Mikhaylovsk is town in Stavropol Krai, Russia.

Density
2,819/km²
people per km²
Founded
1784

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mikhaylovsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Mikhaylovsk

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.

Mikhaylovsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°419.56.490.0
Feb / -4°358.85.910.10.0
Mar / 54114.611.61.4
Apr15° / 56100.313.24.5
May21° / 11°8712.8014.66.1
Jun26° / 15°7411.1015.46.6
Jul29° / 18°608.8015.16.0
Aug29° / 17°517013.96.4
Sep23° / 12°558012.37.3
Oct16° / 568.60.410.75.1
Nov / 478.62.59.31.2
Dec / -3°459.65.58.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
44357
54357
64456
74456
84456
94456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mikhaylovsk gets around 87 mm of rain over 12.8 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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239
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541
642
742
843
943
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1143
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1342
1441
1541
1640
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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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
397300
496400
596400
695500
794600
893700
992800
1091900
11901000
12881200
13871300
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18782020
19762130
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21732340
22722440
23702550
24682660
25672670
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27652780
28632791
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306227101
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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 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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:097:09
214.15:077:11
314.15:067:12
414.15:047:13
514.25:037:14
614.25:017:16
714.35:007:17
814.34:597:18
914.44:577:19
1014.44:567:21
1114.54:557:22
1214.54:537:23
1314.54:527:24
1414.64:517:25
1514.64:507:27
1614.74:497:28
1714.74:477:29
1814.74:467:30
1914.84:457:31
2014.84:447:32
2114.84:437:33
2214.94:427:35
2314.94:417:36
2414.94:407:37
2515.04:397:38
2615.04:397:39
2715.04:387:40
2815.14:377:41
2915.14:367:42
3015.14:367:43
3115.14:357:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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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 Mikhaylovsk?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mikhaylovsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mikhaylovsk in May

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

In May, Mikhaylovsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mikhaylovsk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mikhaylovsk peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mikhaylovsk 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 Mikhaylovsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mikhaylovsk?

Mikhaylovsk sits at 45.1°N, 42.0°E, 428 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Stavropol, 12 km away.

Topography around Mikhaylovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mikhaylovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 443 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 771 m.

The land around Mikhaylovsk is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (26%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (68%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
444 m
80 km
771 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Stavropol 12 km · Donskoye 36 km · Izobil’nyy 36 km · Nevinnomyssk 56 km · Kochubeyevskoye 56 km · Svetlograd 69 km · Armavir 73 km · Novoaleksandrovsk 75 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 Mikhaylovsk (45.131°, 42.027°, elevation 428 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).