Novoural’sk weather in May

In May, Novoural’sk sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 11.1 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Novoural’sk's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Novoural’sk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:49 AM – 9:03 PM
Cloud cover
67%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Novoural’sk is human settlement in Novouralsk Urban Okrug, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
938/km²
people per km²
Founded
1941

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 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Novoural’sk reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1122
2132
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4132
5143
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10154
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How May really feels in Novoural’sk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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
7
wind chill below the day's low

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

Novoural’sk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -17°185.57.57.10.0
Feb-8° / -16°164.76.690.0
Mar-1° / -9°277.28.211.40.0
Apr / -2°388.13.613.91.4
May16° / 6111.11.316.24.7
Jun20° / 10°8513.30.117.55.7
Jul22° / 12°9113.80176.0
Aug19° / 10°8213.80155.4
Sep13° / 5911.40.412.53.4
Oct / -1°4610.15.1100.6
Nov-4° / -9°318.78.77.70.0
Dec-9° / -15°226.38.46.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33367
43367
53367
63466
73565
83466
93466
103466
113466
123367
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Novoural’sk gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1327
2327
3316
4316
5316
6315
7315
8325
9325
10335
11345
12354
13354
14364
15374
16384
17384
18394
19394
20394
21394
22393
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24393
25393
26392
27392
28392
29392
30392
31401

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
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910000
1010000
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1210000
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259820
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279730
289640
299640
309550
319361

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
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912calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 8:32 PM to 9:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.25:228:32
215.25:208:34
315.35:178:36
415.45:158:38
515.55:128:40
615.55:108:42
715.65:088:45
815.75:068:47
915.85:038:49
1015.85:018:51
1115.94:598:53
1216.04:578:55
1316.04:558:57
1416.14:538:59
1516.24:519:01
1616.24:499:03
1716.34:479:05
1816.44:459:07
1916.44:439:09
2016.54:419:11
2116.64:399:13
2216.64:389:15
2316.74:369:16
2416.74:349:18
2516.84:339:20
2616.84:319:22
2716.94:309:24
2817.04:289:25
2917.04:279:27
3017.14:259:28
3117.14:249:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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54.9Bright
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85.0Bright
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245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Novoural’sk

In seasonPeak

In May, Novoural’sk sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Novoural’sk's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Novoural’sk?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Novoural’sk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Novoural’sk in May

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

In May, Novoural’sk sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Novoural’sk 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 Novoural’sk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Novoural’sk?

Novoural’sk sits at 57.3°N, 60.1°E, 293 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kirovgrad, 20 km away.

Topography around Novoural’sk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Novoural’sk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m around an average of 311 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m.

The land around Novoural’sk is covered by trees (60%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
215 m
16 km
373 m
80 km
657 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kirovgrad 20 km · Nev’yansk 27 km · Sredneuralsk 37 km · Pervouralsk 40 km · Talitsa 42 km · Verkhnyaya Pyshma 43 km · Revda 51 km · Yekaterinburg 54 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 Novoural’sk (57.2548°, 60.0905°, elevation 293 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).