Otradnyy weather in May

In May, Otradnyy sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Otradnyy's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Otradnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:42 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Otradnyy is city in russia.

Density
928/km²
people per km²
Founded
1920

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Otradnyy reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°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 Otradnyy

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.

Otradnyy weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°411011.47.80.0
Feb-7° / -14°3288.99.40.0
Mar-1° / -8°368.27.611.50.0
Apr11° / 418.21.813.72.9
May20° / 408.40.115.66.5
Jun24° / 13°5310.2016.66.9
Jul26° / 15°498.4016.27.0
Aug24° / 13°457.7014.67.3
Sep18° / 488.5012.55.8
Oct10° / 489.21.410.32.0
Nov-0° / -5°428.868.40.0
Dec-6° / -12°429.410.37.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Otradnyy gets around 40 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 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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3251
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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 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

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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 5:10 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 8:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:107:53
214.85:087:55
314.85:067:57
414.95:047:59
515.05:028:00
615.05:008:02
715.14:588:04
815.24:568:06
915.24:558:07
1015.34:538:09
1115.34:518:11
1215.44:498:13
1315.44:478:14
1415.54:468:16
1515.64:448:18
1615.64:428:19
1715.74:418:21
1815.74:398:23
1915.84:388:24
2015.84:368:26
2115.94:358:27
2215.94:338:29
2316.04:328:30
2416.04:318:32
2516.14:298:33
2616.14:288:35
2716.24:278:36
2816.24:268:38
2916.24:258:39
3016.34:248:40
3116.34:238:42

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Otradnyy?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Otradnyy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Otradnyy in May

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

In May, Otradnyy sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Otradnyy 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 Otradnyy peaks around June 21 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Otradnyy?

Otradnyy sits at 53.4°N, 51.3°E, 56 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kinel’-Cherkassy, 14 km away.

Topography around Otradnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Otradnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m.

The land around Otradnyy is covered by trees (38%), grassland (30%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%), grassland (23%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
306 m
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May weather nearby: Kinel’-Cherkassy 14 km · Kinel’ 51 km · Pokhvistnevo 60 km · Neftegorsk 65 km · Buguruslan 79 km · Samara 83 km · Buzuluk 90 km · Novokuybyshevsk 99 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 Otradnyy (53.376°, 51.3452°, elevation 56 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).