Perm weather in May

In May, Perm sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-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 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Perm's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Perm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
5:00 AM – 9:23 PM
Cloud cover
64%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Perm is city in Russia.

Density
1,229/km²
people per km²
Founded
1723

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 Perm reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°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)
1123
2123
3133
4133
5134
6144
7144
8144
9154
10155
11155
12155
13155
14165
15166
16166
17166
18166
19166
20177
21177
22177
23177
24177
25178
26188
27188
28188
29188
30188
31189

How May really feels in Perm

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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
2
wind chill below the day's low

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

Perm 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-10° / -16°3410.413.16.90.0
Feb-8° / -15°27810.18.90.0
Mar-1° / -8°369.510.411.40.0
Apr / -1°398.63.7141.3
May16° / 5710.80.716.34.7
Jun20° / 11°8113.1017.75.8
Jul23° / 14°7612.7017.26.4
Aug20° / 12°7712.4015.15.7
Sep14° / 6412.30.312.53.5
Oct / 6212.54.39.90.6
Nov-3° / -8°4711.110.97.60.0
Dec-8° / -14°3910.512.46.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33862
43862
53862
63862
73862
83961
93961
103763
113763
123763
133763
143763
153763
163763
173664
183664
193664
203664
213664
223664
233763
243763
253763
263763
273862
283862
293862
303961
313862

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Perm gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1305
2305
3304
4304
5304
6303
7303
8303
9313
10312
11312
12322
13322
14332
15342
16342
17352
18362
19362
20372
21382
22382
23392
24402
25402
26412
27412
28421
29421
30431
31431

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
129910
139910
149910
159910
169910
179910
189910
199820
209820
219820
229820
239730
249730
259541
269541
279451
289451
299361
309271
319181

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
1711calm
1811calm
1911calm
2011calm
2111calm
2211calm
2311calm
2411calm
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2611calm
2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 4:34 AM, and sunset from 8:50 PM to 9:51 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.35:348:50
215.35:328:52
315.45:298:55
415.55:278:57
515.65:248:59
615.75:229:01
715.75:209:03
815.85:179:06
915.95:159:08
1016.05:139:10
1116.05:119:12
1216.15:089:14
1316.25:069:16
1416.25:049:19
1516.35:029:21
1616.45:009:23
1716.54:589:25
1816.54:569:27
1916.64:549:29
2016.64:529:31
2116.74:509:33
2216.84:489:35
2316.84:469:37
2416.94:459:39
2517.04:439:40
2617.04:419:42
2717.14:409:44
2817.14:389:46
2917.24:379:47
3017.24:359:49
3117.34:349:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.27 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.8Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.3Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.4Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Perm?

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
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Perm for sightseeing.

What to pack for Perm in May

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

In May, Perm sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Perm 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 Perm peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Perm?

Perm sits at 58.0°N, 56.3°E, 149 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Krasnokamsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Perm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Perm has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m.

The land around Perm is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
371 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Krasnokamsk 30 km · Dobryanka 51 km · Nytva 54 km · Kungur 79 km · Ochër 92 km · Lys’va 92 km · Osa 94 km · Vereshchagino 94 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 Perm (58.0105°, 56.2502°, elevation 149 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).