Safonovo weather in May

In May, Safonovo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Safonovo's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Safonovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
74 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:47 AM – 8:40 PM
Cloud cover
63%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Safonovo is town and administrative center of Safonovsky District of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia.

Density
1,555/km²
people per km²
Founded
1859

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Safonovo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1155
2165
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10176
11177
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How May really feels in Safonovo

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.

Safonovo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -9°4010.311.17.50.0
Feb-3° / -9°369.19.49.30.0
Mar / -4°389.26.911.40.0
Apr11° / 419.31.513.82.6
May18° / 7411.80.215.85.4
Jun21° / 11°7812.30175.9
Jul23° / 14°8713.4016.56.3
Aug22° / 12°7411014.76.4
Sep16° / 599.80.112.54.8
Oct / 63111.610.21.6
Nov / -2°469.54.88.10.0
Dec-2° / -7°4010.29.970.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24258
34258
44357
54357
64357
74357
84357
94159
104159
114159
124159
134159
144159
154060
164060
174060
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254357
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294555
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314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Safonovo gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
132
233
333
433
534
634
734
835
935
1036
1136
1237
1337
1438
1538
1639
1739
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1940
2040
2140
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2640
2739
2839
2938
3038
3138

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 91% 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
79820
89820
99730
109640
119550
129460
139460
149370
159280
169190
1789101
1889101
1988111
2088111
2187121
2287121
2385132
2485132
2585132
2685132
2785132
2885132
2985132
3084133
3184133

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
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 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 5:17 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 8:11 PM to 9:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:178:11
215.05:158:13
315.05:138:15
415.15:118:17
515.25:088:19
615.25:068:21
715.35:048:23
815.45:028:25
915.45:008:27
1015.54:588:29
1115.64:568:30
1215.64:548:32
1315.74:528:34
1415.84:518:36
1515.84:498:38
1615.94:478:40
1715.94:458:41
1816.04:448:43
1916.14:428:45
2016.14:408:47
2116.24:398:48
2216.24:378:50
2316.34:368:52
2416.34:348:53
2516.44:338:55
2616.44:318:56
2716.54:308:58
2816.54:298:59
2916.64:289:01
3016.64:269:02
3116.64:259:04

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
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85.0Bright
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275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Safonovo?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Safonovo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Safonovo in May

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

In May, Safonovo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Safonovo 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 Safonovo peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Safonovo 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 Safonovo is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.1× the cleanest month (January, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1317 µg/m³Jan 124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul12Good
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Safonovo?

Safonovo sits at 55.1°N, 33.2°E, 222 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yartsevo, 35 km away.

Topography around Safonovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Safonovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 212 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m.

The land around Safonovo is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
171 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
May weather nearby: Yartsevo 35 km · Vyaz’ma 68 km · Smolensk 84 km · Desnogorsk 107 km · Gagarin 122 km · Nelidovo 128 km · Roslavl’ 131 km · Kirov 135 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 Safonovo (55.1109°, 33.2373°, elevation 222 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).