Novokuybyshevsk weather in May

In May, Novokuybyshevsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Novokuybyshevsk's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novokuybyshevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:49 AM – 8:24 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Novokuybyshevsk is human settlement in Novokuybyshevsk Urban Okrug, Samara Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,300/km²
people per km²
Founded
1946

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 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Novokuybyshevsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°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 Novokuybyshevsk

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.

Novokuybyshevsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -13°368.910.57.90.0
Feb-7° / -13°297.27.89.50.0
Mar / -7°337.86.511.50.0
Apr12° / 377.61.513.63.3
May21° / 378.40.115.56.7
Jun25° / 14°499.1016.67.0
Jul27° / 16°437.8016.27.0
Aug25° / 14°386.8014.57.4
Sep19° / 467.7012.46.1
Oct10° / 407.81.110.32.4
Nov / -5°3584.98.40.0
Dec-6° / -11°378.89.87.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Novokuybyshevsk gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
125
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524
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724
824
925
1025
1125
1225
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1527
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1728
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1929
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2129
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3129

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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269370
279280
289190
2990100
3088111
3187121

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 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

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 5:17 AM to 4:30 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 8:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:177:58
214.85:158:00
314.85:138:02
414.95:118:03
514.95:098:05
615.05:078:07
715.15:058:09
815.15:038:10
915.25:018:12
1015.24:598:14
1115.34:588:15
1215.44:568:17
1315.44:548:19
1415.54:528:21
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1615.64:498:24
1715.64:488:25
1815.74:468:27
1915.74:458:29
2015.84:438:30
2115.84:428:32
2215.94:408:33
2315.94:398:35
2416.04:388:36
2516.04:368:38
2616.14:358:39
2716.14:348:40
2816.24:338:42
2916.24:328:43
3016.24:318:44
3116.34:308:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.65 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 Novokuybyshevsk?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Novokuybyshevsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novokuybyshevsk in May

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

In May, Novokuybyshevsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Novokuybyshevsk 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 Novokuybyshevsk peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Novokuybyshevsk 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 Novokuybyshevsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2116 µg/m³May 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Novokuybyshevsk?

Novokuybyshevsk sits at 53.1°N, 49.9°E, 113 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Samara, 18 km away.

Topography around Novokuybyshevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novokuybyshevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m.

The land around Novokuybyshevsk is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (31%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), grassland (23%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
363 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Samara 18 km · Chapayevsk 20 km · Bezenchuk 36 km · Zhigulëvsk 44 km · Kinel’ 48 km · Tolyatti 62 km · Oktyabr’sk 83 km · Neftegorsk 88 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 Novokuybyshevsk (53.0971°, 49.94°, elevation 113 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).