Mirny weather in May

In May, Mirny sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 17.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 hours at the start of May to 18 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mirny's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mirny's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 17 h 24 min; 4:38 AM – 10:03 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Mirny is town and the administrative center of Mirninsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.

Density: 328/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1955

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mirny reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 10°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16
Avg low (°C)	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-5
2	5	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-4
6	6	-3
7	7	-3
8	7	-3
9	7	-2
10	8	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-2
13	9	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	1
21	12	1
22	12	1
23	12	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	14	3
27	14	3
28	15	3
29	15	4
30	15	4
31	16	4

How May really feels in Mirny

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 26 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Mirny 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-27° / -33°	5	1.6	3.7	5.6	0.0
Feb	-22° / -30°	4	1.4	2.7	8.2	0.0
Mar	-10° / -22°	8	3.3	4.9	11.3	0.0
Apr	1° / -11°	16	5.1	5.7	14.4	0.0
May	10° / -1°	33	8.2	3	17.4	2.2
Jun	20° / 9°	50	9.6	0.2	19.3	6.1
Jul	22° / 12°	48	8.7	0	18.5	6.8
Aug	19° / 8°	51	8.7	0	15.8	5.9
Sep	9° / 1°	35	8.3	2.6	12.6	1.8
Oct	-3° / -10°	25	7.6	8.5	9.5	0.0
Nov	-18° / -25°	13	4.6	6.6	6.5	0.0
Dec	-27° / -33°	6	2	4.2	4.7	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	27	27
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	74	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Mirny gets around 33 mm of rain and snow 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 precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31
Snow chance (%)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	17
2	23	17
3	23	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	15
7	25	15
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	13
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	10
17	25	10
18	25	9
19	26	9
20	26	8
21	26	7
22	27	7
23	27	6
24	28	5
25	28	5
26	29	5
27	29	4
28	30	4
29	30	3
30	31	3
31	31	3

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 hours at the start of May to 18 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 162 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 4:02 AM, and sunset from 9:21 PM to 10:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	16.0	16.1	16.2	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.6	16.7	16.8	16.9	17.0	17.1	17.1	17.2	17.3	17.4	17.5	17.6	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.0	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.3	18.4	18.4	18.5	18.6	18.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:22	5:19	5:16	5:13	5:10	5:07	5:04	5:01	4:58	4:55	4:52	4:49	4:46	4:43	4:40	4:38	4:35	4:32	4:30	4:27	4:24	4:22	4:19	4:17	4:15	4:12	4:10	4:08	4:06	4:04	4:02
Sunset (PM)	9:21	9:24	9:26	9:29	9:32	9:35	9:38	9:41	9:44	9:46	9:49	9:52	9:55	9:58	10:00	10:03	10:06	10:09	10:11	10:14	10:17	10:19	10:22	10:25	10:27	10:30	10:32	10:34	10:37	10:39	10:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.0	5:22	9:21
2	16.1	5:19	9:24
3	16.2	5:16	9:26
4	16.3	5:13	9:29
5	16.4	5:10	9:32
6	16.5	5:07	9:35
7	16.6	5:04	9:38
8	16.7	5:01	9:41
9	16.8	4:58	9:44
10	16.9	4:55	9:46
11	17.0	4:52	9:49
12	17.1	4:49	9:52
13	17.1	4:46	9:55
14	17.2	4:43	9:58
15	17.3	4:40	10:00
16	17.4	4:38	10:03
17	17.5	4:35	10:06
18	17.6	4:32	10:09
19	17.7	4:30	10:11
20	17.8	4:27	10:14
21	17.9	4:24	10:17
22	18.0	4:22	10:19
23	18.0	4:19	10:22
24	18.1	4:17	10:25
25	18.2	4:15	10:27
26	18.3	4:12	10:30
27	18.4	4:10	10:32
28	18.4	4:08	10:34
29	18.5	4:06	10:37
30	18.6	4:04	10:39
31	18.7	4:02	10:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mirny?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mirny.

What to pack for Mirny in May

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

In May, Mirny sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mirny 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 Mirny peaks around May 23 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	3	4	4	3	4	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Mirny 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 Mirny is worst in July — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 58.9× the cleanest month (December, 1 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	2	5	8	8	13	53	44	15	7	2	1
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	2	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	7	Good
Nov	2	Good
Dec	1	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mirny?

Mirny sits at 62.5°N, 114.0°E, 352 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lensk, 208 km away.

Topography around Mirny

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mirny has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m around an average of 336 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 562 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m.

The land around Mirny is covered by trees (42%), artificial surfaces (25%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

527 m

trees 42%

16 km

562 m

trees 90%

80 km

563 m

trees 92%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

← April Mirny year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Lensk 208 km · Aykhal 396 km · Udachny 439 km · Bodaybo 521 km · Aldan 760 km · Ust’-Kut 785 km · Ust’-Ilimsk 800 km · Severobaykal’sk 811 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

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 Mirny (62.5353°, 113.9611°, elevation 352 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-5
2	5	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-4
6	6	-3
7	7	-3
8	7	-3
9	7	-2
10	8	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-2
13	9	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	1
21	12	1
22	12	1
23	12	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	14	3
27	14	3
28	15	3
29	15	4
30	15	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	17
2	23	17
3	23	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	15
7	25	15
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	13
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	10
17	25	10
18	25	9
19	26	9
20	26	8
21	26	7
22	27	7
23	27	6
24	28	5
25	28	5
26	29	5
27	29	4
28	30	4
29	30	3
30	31	3
31	31	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-5
2	5	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-4
6	6	-3
7	7	-3
8	7	-3
9	7	-2
10	8	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-2
13	9	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	1
21	12	1
22	12	1
23	12	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	14	3
27	14	3
28	15	3
29	15	4
30	15	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	17
2	23	17
3	23	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	15
7	25	15
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	13
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	10
17	25	10
18	25	9
19	26	9
20	26	8
21	26	7
22	27	7
23	27	6
24	28	5
25	28	5
26	29	5
27	29	4
28	30	4
29	30	3
30	31	3
31	31	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	5	-5
2	5	-5
3	6	-4
4	6	-4
5	6	-4
6	6	-3
7	7	-3
8	7	-3
9	7	-2
10	8	-2
11	8	-2
12	8	-2
13	9	-1
14	9	-1
15	9	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	0
18	10	0
19	11	0
20	11	1
21	12	1
22	12	1
23	12	2
24	13	2
25	13	2
26	14	3
27	14	3
28	15	3
29	15	4
30	15	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	17
2	23	17
3	23	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	15
7	25	15
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	13
11	25	12
12	25	12
13	25	11
14	25	11
15	25	11
16	25	10
17	25	10
18	25	9
19	26	9
20	26	8
21	26	7
22	27	7
23	27	6
24	28	5
25	28	5
26	29	5
27	29	4
28	30	4
29	30	3
30	31	3
31	31	3

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100