Raychikhinsk weather in May

In May, Raychikhinsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Raychikhinsk's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Raychikhinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:44 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
66%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Raychikhinsk is human settlement in Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Density
61/km²
people per km²
Founded
1932

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Raychikhinsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Raychikhinsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 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
3
wind chill below the day's low

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

Raychikhinsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-18° / -29°41.21.98.40.0
Feb-11° / -25°61.72.29.80.0
Mar-1° / -14°143.13.511.50.0
Apr10° / -2°336.32.113.52.4
May19° / 6710.10.215.15.8
Jun24° / 13°9612.10166.3
Jul26° / 17°13414.2015.75.9
Aug24° / 15°12713.9014.26.1
Sep18° / 7710.3012.45.8
Oct / -2°407.12.210.51.8
Nov-6° / -16°163.94.18.80.0
Dec-17° / -27°82.63.580.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 61%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Raychikhinsk gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1262
2272
3272
4282
5292
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7301
8311
9311
10321
11321
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13321
14330
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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 98% 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 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
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 8:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:087:31
214.45:077:32
314.55:057:34
414.55:037:35
514.65:017:37
614.65:007:39
714.74:587:40
814.84:567:42
914.84:557:43
1014.94:537:45
1114.94:517:46
1215.04:507:47
1315.04:487:49
1415.14:477:50
1515.14:457:52
1615.24:447:53
1715.24:437:55
1815.24:417:56
1915.34:407:57
2015.34:397:59
2115.44:388:00
2215.44:368:01
2315.54:358:03
2415.54:348:04
2515.54:338:05
2615.64:328:06
2715.64:318:08
2815.64:308:09
2915.74:298:10
3015.74:288:11
3115.74:278:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Raychikhinsk

In seasonPeak

In May, Raychikhinsk sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Raychikhinsk's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Raychikhinsk?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Raychikhinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Raychikhinsk in May

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

In May, Raychikhinsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Raychikhinsk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Raychikhinsk peaks around August 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Raychikhinsk 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 Raychikhinsk is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.5× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 2245 µg/m³Dec 236 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar26Moderate
Apr46Poor
May44Poor
Jun12Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct27Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Raychikhinsk?

Raychikhinsk sits at 49.8°N, 129.4°E, 189 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Belogorsk, 139 km away.

Topography around Raychikhinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Raychikhinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 211 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 511 m.

The land around Raychikhinsk is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
511 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Belogorsk 139 km · Blagoveshchensk 144 km · Chigiri 148 km · Svobodnyy 197 km · Shimanovsk 274 km · Birobidzhan 278 km · Hainan 336 km · Khabarovsk 440 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 Raychikhinsk (49.7957°, 129.4035°, elevation 189 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).