Ryazhsk weather in May

In May, Ryazhsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9.4 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 30% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ryazhsk's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ryazhsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:26 AM – 8:06 PM
Cloud cover
58%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Ryazhsk is human settlement in Ryazhsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,050/km²
people per km²
Founded
1502

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 Ryazhsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ryazhsk

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.

Ryazhsk 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-5° / -10°389.6107.80.0
Feb-4° / -10°368.28.49.40.0
Mar / -5°348.56.911.50.0
Apr12° / 429.21.513.73.0
May19° / 499.40.115.66.3
Jun23° / 13°6711.1016.76.6
Jul25° / 15°6311.7016.36.6
Aug24° / 13°588.7014.67.1
Sep17° / 539.1012.55.5
Oct10° / 5710.51.410.32.0
Nov / -3°418.35.28.30.0
Dec-3° / -8°399.89.47.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ryazhsk gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 93% 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 12 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
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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 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 8:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:547:39
214.84:527:41
314.94:507:43
414.94:487:45
515.04:467:47
615.14:447:48
715.14:427:50
815.24:407:52
915.34:387:54
1015.34:377:56
1115.44:357:57
1215.44:337:59
1315.54:318:01
1415.64:298:02
1515.64:288:04
1615.74:268:06
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1815.84:238:09
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2015.94:208:12
2115.94:188:14
2216.04:178:16
2316.04:158:17
2416.14:148:19
2516.14:138:20
2616.24:118:22
2716.24:108:23
2816.34:098:24
2916.34:088:26
3016.34:078:27
3116.44:068:28

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 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ryazhsk?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ryazhsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ryazhsk in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ryazhsk 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 Ryazhsk peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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 22UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ryazhsk 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 Ryazhsk is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1016 µg/m³Dec 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May9Good
Jun11Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ryazhsk?

Ryazhsk sits at 53.7°N, 40.1°E, 112 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Skopin, 37 km away.

Topography around Ryazhsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ryazhsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Ryazhsk is covered by trees (39%), grassland (28%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%), grassland (27%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

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45 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Skopin 37 km · Novomichurinsk 43 km · Dankov 80 km · Shilovo 86 km · Michurinsk 93 km · Lebedyan’ 99 km · Ryazan’ 105 km · Kimovsk 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 Ryazhsk (53.7059°, 40.0804°, elevation 112 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).