Severo-Zadonsk weather in May

In May, Severo-Zadonsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 49 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 15.7 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 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Severo-Zadonsk's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Severo-Zadonsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:31 AM – 8:14 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Severo-Zadonsk is human settlement in Russia.

Founded
1950

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Severo-Zadonsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Severo-Zadonsk

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.

Severo-Zadonsk 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°379.710.47.70.0
Feb-4° / -10°368.699.40.0
Mar / -5°338.2711.50.0
Apr11° / 449.61.713.72.7
May19° / 4910.5015.75.9
Jun22° / 12°6611.3016.86.4
Jul24° / 14°7612.8016.36.6
Aug23° / 13°649.3014.66.9
Sep17° / 569.60.112.55.1
Oct / 5810.21.510.21.8
Nov / -3°398.65.38.30.0
Dec-3° / -8°409.69.87.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24555
34555
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54753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Severo-Zadonsk gets around 49 mm of rain over 10.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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532
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3134

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 (%)
110000
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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

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 5:00 AM to 4:11 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 8:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:007:47
214.94:587:49
314.94:567:51
415.04:547:53
515.04:527:55
615.14:507:56
715.24:487:58
815.24:468:00
915.34:448:02
1015.44:428:04
1115.44:408:05
1215.54:388:07
1315.54:368:09
1415.64:358:11
1515.74:338:12
1615.74:318:14
1715.84:308:16
1815.84:288:17
1915.94:268:19
2015.94:258:21
2116.04:238:22
2216.04:228:24
2316.14:208:25
2416.14:198:27
2516.24:188:28
2616.24:168:30
2716.34:158:31
2816.34:148:33
2916.44:138:34
3016.44:128:36
3116.44:118:37

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 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.41 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 Severo-Zadonsk?

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 Severo-Zadonsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Severo-Zadonsk in May

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

In May, Severo-Zadonsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Severo-Zadonsk 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 Severo-Zadonsk peaks around July 11 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 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Severo-Zadonsk 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 Severo-Zadonsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 2316 µg/m³Jan 16 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun12Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Severo-Zadonsk?

Severo-Zadonsk sits at 54.0°N, 38.4°E, 232 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novomoskovsk, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Severo-Zadonsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Severo-Zadonsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Severo-Zadonsk is covered by trees (40%), cropland (31%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (49%), grassland (22%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Novomoskovsk 8.0 km · Donskoy 9.0 km · Kimovsk 11 km · Uzlovaya 17 km · Kireyevsk 34 km · Bogoroditsk 34 km · Venëv 36 km · Tula 54 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 Severo-Zadonsk (54.0348°, 38.4017°, elevation 232 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).