Pestovo weather in May

In May, Pestovo sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 16.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pestovo's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pestovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:18 AM – 8:48 PM
Cloud cover
66%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Pestovo is human settlement in Pestovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1918

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 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pestovo reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1143
2143
3143
4153
5154
6154
7154
8154
9164
10164
11165
12165
13165
14165
15165
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26187
27187
28187
29198
30198
31198

How May really feels in Pestovo

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.

Pestovo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°3810.8126.80.0
Feb-4° / -11°318.710.38.80.0
Mar / -7°348.77.811.40.0
Apr / -1°409.53141.9
May17° / 6912.30.416.54.9
Jun20° / 10°8813017.95.7
Jul23° / 12°9613.5017.36.1
Aug20° / 11°8012.5015.25.9
Sep15° / 5911.10.112.54.0
Oct / 6112.22.69.90.9
Nov / -4°5010.76.87.50.0
Dec-4° / -8°4511.711.56.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43664
53763
63763
73763
83763
93664
103664
113664
123664
133565
143664
153565
163565
173565
183565
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223664
233664
243763
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273862
283961
293961
304060
314060

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Pestovo gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1343
2353
3353
4363
5363
6362
7372
8372
9372
10372
11382
12382
13392
14392
15391
16391
17401
18401
19401
20411
21411
22410
23420
24420
25420
26420
27410
28410
29410
30410
31410

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
59910
69910
79910
89910
99820
109820
119820
129820
139730
149730
159730
169640
179640
189640
199541
209451
219451
229451
239451
249262
259262
269262
279262
289172
299073
309073
318983

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
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1911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 3:51 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 9:17 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:548:14
215.44:518:17
315.54:498:19
415.64:468:21
515.74:448:23
615.74:418:26
715.84:398:28
815.94:368:30
916.04:348:33
1016.14:328:35
1116.14:298:37
1216.24:278:39
1316.34:258:41
1416.44:228:44
1516.44:208:46
1616.54:188:48
1716.64:168:50
1816.64:148:52
1916.74:128:54
2016.84:108:56
2116.84:088:58
2216.94:069:00
2317.04:049:02
2417.04:039:04
2517.14:019:06
2617.13:599:08
2717.23:579:10
2817.33:569:12
2917.33:549:14
3017.43:539:15
3117.43:519:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.6Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.8Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pestovo?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pestovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pestovo in May

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

In May, Pestovo sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pestovo 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 Pestovo peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pestovo?

Pestovo sits at 58.6°N, 35.8°E, 129 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Udomlya, 92 km away.

Topography around Pestovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pestovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m.

The land around Pestovo is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
168 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Udomlya 92 km · Bezhetsk 104 km · Borovichi 112 km · Bologoye 129 km · Vyshniy Volochëk 133 km · Cherepovets 135 km · Pikalëvo 139 km · Boksitogorsk 149 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 Pestovo (58.5938°, 35.8024°, elevation 129 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).