Orenburg weather in May

In May, Orenburg sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 35 mm of rain across 7.5 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-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 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Orenburg's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orenburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 35 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 24 min; 5:34 AM – 8:58 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 4th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Orenburg is city in the south of Russia.

Density: 2,181/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1743

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Orenburg reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	25	12

How May really feels in Orenburg

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Orenburg weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-8° / -15°	33	8.7	10.3	8.1	0.0
Feb	-7° / -15°	28	6.6	7.4	9.6	0.0
Mar	-0° / -9°	33	7.9	6.5	11.5	0.0
Apr	13° / 2°	33	7.1	1.2	13.6	3.7
May	22° / 9°	35	7.5	0	15.4	7.1
Jun	27° / 14°	35	7	0	16.4	7.1
Jul	28° / 16°	32	6.7	0	16	6.4
Aug	27° / 14°	27	5.7	0	14.4	7.2
Sep	20° / 8°	29	6.2	0	12.4	6.8
Oct	11° / 2°	37	7.6	0.9	10.4	2.9
Nov	0° / -6°	32	7.6	5	8.6	0.0
Dec	-6° / -13°	34	8.2	9	7.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 48%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	47	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	53	54	53	54	53	54	54	55	55
Cloudier (%)	53	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	47	46	47	46	47	46	46	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Orenburg gets around 35 mm of rain over 7.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 24% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	25
14	25
15	25
16	24
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	93
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	96	4	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	93	6	1

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 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 9:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16
Sunset (PM)	8:33	8:35	8:37	8:38	8:40	8:42	8:43	8:45	8:47	8:48	8:50	8:52	8:53	8:55	8:56	8:58	8:59	9:01	9:02	9:04	9:05	9:07	9:08	9:09	9:11	9:12	9:13	9:15	9:16	9:17	9:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.6	6:00	8:33
2	14.6	5:58	8:35
3	14.7	5:56	8:37
4	14.7	5:54	8:38
5	14.8	5:53	8:40
6	14.9	5:51	8:42
7	14.9	5:49	8:43
8	15.0	5:47	8:45
9	15.0	5:45	8:47
10	15.1	5:44	8:48
11	15.1	5:42	8:50
12	15.2	5:40	8:52
13	15.2	5:39	8:53
14	15.3	5:37	8:55
15	15.3	5:35	8:56
16	15.4	5:34	8:58
17	15.4	5:32	8:59
18	15.5	5:31	9:01
19	15.5	5:30	9:02
20	15.6	5:28	9:04
21	15.6	5:27	9:05
22	15.7	5:26	9:07
23	15.7	5:24	9:08
24	15.8	5:23	9:09
25	15.8	5:22	9:11
26	15.9	5:21	9:12
27	15.9	5:20	9:13
28	15.9	5:19	9:15
29	16.0	5:18	9:16
30	16.0	5:17	9:17
31	16.0	5:16	9:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Orenburg?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Orenburg for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Orenburg in May

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

In May, Orenburg sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Orenburg in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Orenburg peaks around June 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	5	7	6	4	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Orenburg?

Orenburg sits at 51.8°N, 55.1°E, 124 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sol’-Iletsk, 68 km away.

Topography around Orenburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orenburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 102 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m.

The land around Orenburg is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), trees (28%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

127 m

cropland 34%

80 km

329 m

cropland 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← April Orenburg year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Sol’-Iletsk 68 km · Saraktash 87 km · Kumertau 120 km · Meleuz 145 km · Sorochinsk 152 km · Kuvandyk 159 km · Aqsay 160 km · Mednogorsk 177 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

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 Orenburg (51.7671°, 55.0988°, elevation 124 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	25
14	25
15	25
16	24
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	96	4	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	93	6	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	25
14	25
15	25
16	24
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	96	4	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	93	6	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	20	7
7	20	7
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	25	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	54	46
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	27
5	27
6	27
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	25
14	25
15	25
16	24
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	21
26	21
27	21
28	21
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	100	0	0
2	100	0	0
3	100	0	0
4	100	0	0
5	100	0	0
6	100	0	0
7	100	0	0
8	100	0	0
9	100	0	0
10	100	0	0
11	100	0	0
12	99	1	0
13	99	1	0
14	99	1	0
15	99	1	0
16	99	1	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	98	2	0
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	96	4	0
26	96	4	0
27	95	5	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0
31	93	6	1