Sergach weather in May

In May, Sergach sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sergach's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sergach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
3:56 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
61%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Sergach is town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,118/km²
people per km²
Founded
1649

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sergach reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Sergach

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.

Sergach 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-7° / -12°349.711.27.40.0
Feb-6° / -12°307.48.89.20.0
Mar / -7°328.47.411.40.0
Apr11° / 388.92.113.82.6
May19° / 469.90.215.95.9
Jun22° / 12°6511017.16.5
Jul24° / 14°6610.5016.66.8
Aug22° / 13°639.6014.86.7
Sep16° / 5810.10.112.54.8
Oct / 5210.62.110.11.4
Nov-0° / -5°419.46.780.0
Dec-5° / -10°3810.310.86.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34555
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54555
64555
74555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sergach gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 33% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)
1292
2292
3292
4291
5291
6291
7291
8301
9301
10301
11311
12311
13311
14321
15321
16320
17330
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27370
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
69910
79910
89910
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109910
119910
129820
139820
149820
159730
169730
179640
189550
199550
209460
219370
229370
239280
249190
2590100
2690100
2788111
2888111
2987121
3087121
3187121

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 42 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 4:27 AM to 3:34 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 8:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:277:24
215.04:257:26
315.14:227:28
415.24:207:30
515.24:187:32
615.34:167:34
715.44:147:36
815.44:127:38
915.54:107:40
1015.64:087:42
1115.64:067:43
1215.74:047:45
1315.84:027:47
1415.84:007:49
1515.93:587:51
1615.93:567:53
1716.03:547:55
1816.13:537:56
1916.13:517:58
2016.23:498:00
2116.23:488:02
2216.33:468:03
2316.33:448:05
2416.43:438:07
2516.43:428:08
2616.53:408:10
2716.53:398:11
2816.63:378:13
2916.63:368:14
3016.73:358:16
3116.73:348:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sergach?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sergach for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sergach in May

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

In May, Sergach sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sergach 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 Sergach peaks around June 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sergach?

Sergach sits at 55.5°N, 45.5°E, 119 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shumerlya, 60 km away.

Topography around Sergach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sergach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m.

The land around Sergach is covered by trees (38%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (34%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), grassland (30%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
161 m
80 km
215 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Shumerlya 60 km · Lyskovo 62 km · Arzamas 103 km · Alatyr’ 104 km · Kstovo 105 km · Koz’modem’yansk 113 km · Bor 126 km · Nizhny Novgorod 127 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 Sergach (55.5277°, 45.4568°, elevation 119 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).