Severskaya weather in May

In May, Severskaya sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 74 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Severskaya's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Severskaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:03 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
54%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Severskaya is human settlement in Seversky District, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Founded
1864

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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Severskaya reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Severskaya

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.

Severskaya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°7411.94.890.0
Feb / -2°569.84.210.10.4
Mar10° / 67122.911.62.2
Apr16° / 5910.30.213.25.0
May21° / 11°7410.8014.66.5
Jun26° / 16°7611015.36.8
Jul29° / 18°518.50156.2
Aug29° / 17°467.1013.96.3
Sep24° / 13°517.7012.37.5
Oct18° / 648.50.110.75.9
Nov11° / 699.21.49.42.6
Dec / -1°7610.93.58.70.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Severskaya gets around 74 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3137

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
194600
293700
392800
491900
5891010
6881110
7871210
8851410
9831520
10811720
11791830
12772030
13752140
14722350
15702460
16682570
17652690
186327100
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205730121
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225332141
235033161
244833172
254634182
264434192
274235203
284135213
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313637234

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:237:22
214.05:217:23
314.15:207:25
414.15:187:26
514.25:177:27
614.25:157:28
714.35:147:30
814.35:137:31
914.35:117:32
1014.45:107:33
1114.45:097:34
1214.55:077:36
1314.55:067:37
1414.55:057:38
1514.65:047:39
1614.65:037:40
1714.75:027:42
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1914.74:597:44
2014.84:587:45
2114.84:577:46
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2514.94:547:50
2615.04:537:51
2715.04:527:52
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2915.14:517:54
3015.14:507:55
3115.14:497:56

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 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Severskaya?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Severskaya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Severskaya in May

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

In May, Severskaya sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Severskaya in May

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 53 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 9 to Oct 15 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Refreshing
Oct20Cool
Nov16Cool
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Severskaya 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 Severskaya peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Severskaya 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 Severskaya is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1816 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Severskaya?

Severskaya sits at 44.9°N, 38.7°E, 53 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Il’skiy, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Severskaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Severskaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 982 m.

The land around Severskaya is covered by trees (30%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
343 m
80 km
982 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Il’skiy 9.0 km · Afipskiy 14 km · Enem 20 km · Kholmskiy 23 km · Yelizavetinskaya 23 km · Yablonovskiy 26 km · Akhtyrskiy 30 km · Krasnodar 32 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 Severskaya (44.8539°, 38.6792°, elevation 53 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).