Novokubansk weather in May

In May, Novokubansk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 85 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 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Novokubansk's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novokubansk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
85 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:53 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Novokubansk is human settlement in Novokubansky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density
1,301/km²
people per km²
Founded
1867

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 Novokubansk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Novokubansk

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.

Novokubansk 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 / -4°469.75.990.0
Feb / -3°378.54.410.10.2
Mar10° / 5611.33.411.62.2
Apr16° / 6210.90.213.24.9
May22° / 12°8512.8014.66.3
Jun26° / 16°7811015.46.6
Jul29° / 18°618.3015.15.8
Aug30° / 18°507.4013.95.9
Sep24° / 13°577.7012.37.4
Oct17° / 598.50.210.75.8
Nov10° / 548.71.99.32.1
Dec / -2°509.94.68.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
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54555
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84654
94654
104654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Novokubansk gets around 85 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 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
237
337
438
539
639
740
841
941
1041
1141
1241
1341
1441
1540
1640
1740
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2641
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3041
3141

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 73% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196400
296400
395500
494600
593700
692800
790910
8881110
9871210
10851410
11831610
12811720
13791920
14772120
15752230
16732430
17712540
18692650
19682750
20662860
21642970
22623080
23603190
245831101
255632111
265532121
275532121
285233132
295133142
305033152
314933152

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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412light 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 5:13 AM to 4:39 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:137:13
214.15:117:15
314.15:107:16
414.15:087:17
514.25:077:18
614.25:057:20
714.35:047:21
814.35:037:22
914.45:017:23
1014.45:007:25
1114.54:597:26
1214.54:577:27
1314.54:567:28
1414.64:557:29
1514.64:547:31
1614.74:537:32
1714.74:517:33
1814.74:507:34
1914.84:497:35
2014.84:487:36
2114.84:477:37
2214.94:467:38
2314.94:457:40
2414.94:447:41
2515.04:447:42
2615.04:437:43
2715.04:427:44
2815.14:417:45
2915.14:407:46
3015.14:407:47
3115.14:397:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.35 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Novokubansk?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Novokubansk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novokubansk in May

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

In May, Novokubansk sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 9Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Novokubansk 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 Novokubansk is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Novokubansk?

Novokubansk sits at 45.1°N, 41.0°E, 151 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Armavir, 14 km away.

Topography around Novokubansk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novokubansk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 764 m.

The land around Novokubansk is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
193 m
80 km
764 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Armavir 14 km · Gul’kevichi 38 km · Kurganinsk 43 km · Novoaleksandrovsk 45 km · Kropotkin 51 km · Labinsk 58 km · Izobil’nyy 60 km · Tbilisskaya 71 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 Novokubansk (45.1133°, 41.0365°, elevation 151 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).