Prokop’yevsk weather in May

In May, Prokop’yevsk sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 15.7 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 19°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 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Prokop’yevsk's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Prokop’yevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
5:19 AM – 9:00 PM
Cloud cover
64%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Prokop’yevsk is city in Prokopyevsk Urban Okrug, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

Density
963/km²
people per km²
Founded
1651

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Prokop’yevsk reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Prokop’yevsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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
4
wind chill below the day's low

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

Prokop’yevsk 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-12° / -19°267.89.87.70.0
Feb-8° / -17°195.67.69.40.0
Mar-0° / -10°237.17.511.50.0
Apr / -1°4010.14.113.71.9
May17° / 5411.30.715.75.1
Jun22° / 12°6812.5016.86.3
Jul24° / 14°7714.1016.36.4
Aug22° / 11°6311.9014.66.3
Sep15° / 5311.10.412.54.5
Oct / -1°4811.8510.21.1
Nov-3° / -10°5011.812.18.30.0
Dec-10° / -17°3910.512.67.20.0

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 (%)
13268
23367
33367
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53466
63565
73664
83763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Prokop’yevsk gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1397
2387
3387
4376
5376
6365
7365
8364
9354
10353
11353
12352
13352
14362
15362
16361
17361
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20371
21371
22381
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25390
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28400
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30400
31400

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 (%)
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21000
31000
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23973
24973
25964
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27955
28946
29937
30937
31928

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
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412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
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912light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 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 5:47 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 9:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:478:33
214.85:458:35
314.95:438:37
415.05:418:39
515.05:398:41
615.15:378:43
715.25:358:44
815.25:338:46
915.35:318:48
1015.35:298:50
1115.45:278:52
1215.55:258:53
1315.55:248:55
1415.65:228:57
1515.65:208:59
1615.75:199:00
1715.85:179:02
1815.85:159:04
1915.95:149:05
2015.95:129:07
2116.05:119:08
2216.05:099:10
2316.15:089:12
2416.15:069:13
2516.25:059:15
2616.25:049:16
2716.25:039:17
2816.35:019:19
2916.35:009:20
3016.44:599:22
3116.44:589:23

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 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June 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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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Prokop’yevsk?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Prokop’yevsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Prokop’yevsk in May

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

In May, Prokop’yevsk sees daytime highs around 17°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 Prokop’yevsk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Prokop’yevsk peaks around May 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 23UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Prokop’yevsk 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 Prokop’yevsk is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1515 µg/m³Dec 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr16Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov7Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Prokop’yevsk?

Prokop’yevsk sits at 53.9°N, 86.7°E, 315 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kiselëvsk, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Prokop’yevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Prokop’yevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 306 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 694 m.

The land around Prokop’yevsk is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
331 m
80 km
694 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kiselëvsk 9.0 km · Kisilevsk 10 km · Novokuznetsk 33 km · Osinniki 53 km · Kaltan 57 km · Belovo 63 km · Gur’yevsk 65 km · Myski 74 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 Prokop’yevsk (53.9152°, 86.7189°, elevation 315 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).