Penza weather in May

In May, Penza sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Penza's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:08 AM – 7:44 PM
Cloud cover
59%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Penza is city in central Russia.

Density
1,803/km²
people per km²
Founded
1663

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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Penza reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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2176
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How May really feels in Penza

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.

Penza weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -12°389.411.17.90.0
Feb-5° / -12°327.68.59.40.0
Mar / -7°3798.111.50.0
Apr11° / 428.51.613.62.9
May19° / 499.30.215.66.2
Jun23° / 12°6310.4016.66.8
Jul25° / 15°6310.5016.26.8
Aug24° / 13°598.8014.57.1
Sep17° / 529.3012.45.4
Oct / 519.81.810.31.9
Nov / -4°408.768.40.0
Dec-5° / -10°4010.510.97.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24456
34456
44456
54555
64555
74555
84555
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114555
124654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Penza gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1292
2292
3281
4281
5281
6281
7281
8281
9281
10291
11291
12291
13301
14301
15311
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17310
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25330
26340
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28340
29340
30340
31340

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
39910
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109820
119820
129730
139730
149640
159640
169550
179550
189460
199460
209370
219271
229181
239181
249091
2589101
2689101
2788111
2887121
2986131
3085141
3185141

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 4:36 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 8:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:367:18
214.84:347:20
314.84:327:22
414.94:307:23
514.94:287:25
615.04:267:27
715.14:247:29
815.14:227:30
915.24:217:32
1015.34:197:34
1115.34:177:36
1215.44:157:37
1315.44:137:39
1415.54:127:41
1515.54:107:42
1615.64:087:44
1715.64:077:46
1815.74:057:47
1915.74:047:49
2015.84:027:50
2115.94:017:52
2215.93:597:53
2315.93:587:55
2416.03:577:56
2516.03:567:58
2616.13:547:59
2716.13:538:01
2816.23:528:02
2916.23:518:03
3016.23:508:05
3116.33:498:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Penza?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Penza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Penza in May

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

In May, Penza sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Penza 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 Penza peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Penza?

Penza sits at 53.2°N, 45.0°E, 156 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zarechnyy, 12 km away.

Topography around Penza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m.

The land around Penza is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), trees (34%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
149 m
16 km
161 m
80 km
227 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Zarechnyy 12 km · Kamenka 64 km · Nikol’sk 91 km · Nizhniy Lomov 96 km · Ruzayevka 96 km · Serdobsk 98 km · Petrovsk 102 km · Kuznetsk 106 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 Penza (53.1957°, 45.0108°, elevation 156 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).