Nikolayevsk-on-Amure weather in May

In May, Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 10.4 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 14°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 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nikolayevsk-on-Amure's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:46 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure is town in Russia.

Density
1,597/km²
people per km²
Founded
1850

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 7°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure reaches about 11°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 4°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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47-2
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How May really feels in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 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
24
wind chill below the day's low

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

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-17° / -23°386.78.27.90.0
Feb-14° / -22°224.159.50.0
Mar-6° / -15°406.37.611.50.0
Apr / -6°498.98.813.60.0
May11° / 6410.44.315.52.6
Jun18° / 589.1016.65.6
Jul21° / 12°648.5016.26.5
Aug20° / 12°8311.5014.56.0
Sep15° / 7912.40.112.44.4
Oct / -1°82114.610.30.8
Nov-6° / -13°558.28.98.40.0
Dec-15° / -21°507.18.57.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 10.4 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 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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31323

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.

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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 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 5:14 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 8:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:147:55
214.85:127:57
314.85:097:59
414.95:078:00
514.95:068:02
615.05:048:04
715.15:028:06
815.15:008:07
915.24:588:09
1015.24:568:11
1115.34:548:13
1215.44:538:14
1315.44:518:16
1415.54:498:18
1515.54:478:19
1615.64:468:21
1715.64:448:23
1815.74:438:24
1915.74:418:26
2015.84:408:27
2115.84:388:29
2215.94:378:30
2315.94:358:32
2416.04:348:33
2516.04:338:35
2616.14:328:36
2716.14:308:38
2816.24:298:39
2916.24:288:40
3016.24:278:42
3116.34:268:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.34 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure.

What to pack for Nikolayevsk-on-Amure in May

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

In May, Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nikolayevsk-on-Amure in May

The nearest coast averages about -0°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 44 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in February near -2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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May0Bracing
Jun5Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep14Bracing
Oct7Bracing
Nov1Bracing
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UV index in Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure peaks around July 16 at about 6 (high) — 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 16UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nikolayevsk-on-Amure?

Nikolayevsk-on-Amure sits at 53.1°N, 140.7°E, 40 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Okha, 156 km away.

KhabarovskKholmsk

Topography around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nikolayevsk-on-Amure.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,004 m.

The land around Nikolayevsk-on-Amure is covered by trees (51%) and water (27%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
267 m
16 km
628 m
80 km
1,004 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Okha 156 km · Komsomolsk-on-Amur 385 km · Amursk 418 km · Vanino 451 km · Sovetskaya Gavan’ 465 km · Poronaysk 467 km · Khabarovsk 654 km · Kholmsk 685 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 Nikolayevsk-on-Amure (53.1466°, 140.7229°, 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).