Orlovskiy weather in May

In May, Orlovskiy sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 53 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Orlovskiy's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orlovskiy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:43 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
56%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Orlovskiy is human settlement in Orlovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1910

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 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Orlovskiy 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 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Orlovskiy

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.

Orlovskiy 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-0° / -5°429.45.98.80.0
Feb / -5°3484.9100.0
Mar / -0°449.92.911.61.1
Apr16° / 388.10.113.34.9
May22° / 12°539.4014.86.8
Jun28° / 17°438015.66.5
Jul30° / 19°396.9015.35.4
Aug30° / 18°3150146.1
Sep23° / 12°375.9012.47.5
Oct15° / 468.20.210.64.9
Nov / 387.82.29.20.8
Dec / -4°459.24.88.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34456
44456
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64456
74456
84456
94456
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114654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Orlovskiy gets around 53 mm of rain over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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224
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526
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728
829
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1031
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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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
39640
49640
59550
69460
79370
89280
99190
1089101
1188111
1287121
1386131
1485141
1582162
1681172
1780182
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2174233
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2371254
2470264
2568275
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2767285
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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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:057:13
214.25:037:14
314.25:027:16
414.35:007:17
514.34:587:19
614.44:577:20
714.44:557:21
814.54:547:23
914.54:537:24
1014.64:517:25
1114.64:507:27
1214.74:487:28
1314.74:477:29
1414.74:467:30
1514.84:447:32
1614.84:437:33
1714.94:427:34
1814.94:417:35
1914.94:407:37
2015.04:397:38
2115.04:377:39
2215.14:367:40
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2415.14:347:42
2515.24:337:44
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2715.24:327:46
2815.34:317:47
2915.34:307:48
3015.34:297:49
3115.44:297:50

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Orlovskiy?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Orlovskiy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Orlovskiy in May

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

In May, Orlovskiy sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Orlovskiy 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 Orlovskiy peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Orlovskiy 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 Orlovskiy is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 207 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Orlovskiy?

Orlovskiy sits at 46.9°N, 42.1°E, 116 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Proletarsk, 31 km away.

Topography around Orlovskiy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orlovskiy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 98 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m.

The land around Orlovskiy is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
172 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Proletarsk 31 km · Zimovniki 44 km · Sal’sk 59 km · Volgodonsk 71 km · Tsimlyansk 86 km · Konstantinovsk 107 km · Yegorlykskaya 112 km · Kotel’nikovo 118 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 Orlovskiy (46.8744°, 42.0522°, elevation 116 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).