Nizhnekamsk weather in May

In May, Nizhnekamsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°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 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nizhnekamsk's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nizhnekamsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:30 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Nizhnekamsk is city in Tatarstan, Russia.

Density
3,690/km²
people per km²
Founded
1961

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nizhnekamsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Nizhnekamsk

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.

Nizhnekamsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-9° / -14°349.7127.40.0
Feb-8° / -14°2889.69.20.0
Mar-1° / -8°328.38.611.40.0
Apr10° / 347.3213.82.2
May19° / 449.20.215.96.1
Jun23° / 12°5710017.16.7
Jul25° / 14°5910.7016.66.9
Aug22° / 13°649.6014.86.7
Sep16° / 519.80.112.54.9
Oct / 5110.72.410.11.3
Nov-1° / -6°429.87.880.0
Dec-7° / -12°3810.111.56.90.0

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
34456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nizhnekamsk gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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249541
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269451
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289271
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309181
319091

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:01 AM to 3:08 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:016:59
215.03:597:01
315.13:577:03
415.23:547:05
515.23:527:07
615.33:507:09
715.43:487:11
815.43:467:13
915.53:447:15
1015.63:427:17
1115.63:407:18
1215.73:387:20
1315.83:367:22
1415.83:347:24
1515.93:327:26
1616.03:307:28
1716.03:287:30
1816.13:277:31
1916.13:257:33
2016.23:237:35
2116.33:227:37
2216.33:207:38
2316.43:187:40
2416.43:177:42
2516.53:157:43
2616.53:147:45
2716.63:137:47
2816.63:117:48
2916.73:107:50
3016.73:097:51
3116.73:087:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nizhnekamsk?

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
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nizhnekamsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nizhnekamsk in May

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

In May, Nizhnekamsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nizhnekamsk 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 Nizhnekamsk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (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 6 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nizhnekamsk?

Nizhnekamsk sits at 55.6°N, 51.8°E, 126 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yelabuga, 20 km away.

Topography around Nizhnekamsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nizhnekamsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m.

The land around Nizhnekamsk is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (32%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), trees (28%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
183 m
80 km
261 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Yelabuga 20 km · Zainsk 39 km · Naberezhnyye Chelny 39 km · Mendeleyevsk 42 km · Chistopol’ 80 km · Vyatskiye Polyany 81 km · Menzelinsk 81 km · Kukmor 84 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 Nizhnekamsk (55.6379°, 51.815°, elevation 126 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).