Shar’ya weather in May

In May, Shar’ya sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shar’ya's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shar’ya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
3:41 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Shar’ya is town in Russia.

Density
1,146/km²
people per km²
Founded
1906

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shar’ya reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 24°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)
1143
2143
3144
4154
5154
6154
7155
8165
9165
10165
11165
12165
13166
14176
15176
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21187
22187
23187
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26187
27188
28198
29198
30198
31198

How May really feels in Shar’ya

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.

Shar’ya 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-8° / -13°3710.412.76.80.0
Feb-6° / -13°318.6108.90.0
Mar / -7°368.98.511.40.0
Apr / -0°429.33.2141.8
May17° / 5410.10.516.45.2
Jun21° / 10°8313017.85.9
Jul23° / 13°7712.4017.26.4
Aug20° / 11°7011.5015.16.0
Sep14° / 5810.60.312.54.0
Oct / 6312.43.59.90.8
Nov-1° / -5°4710.58.57.50.0
Dec-6° / -11°4410.911.96.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
33763
43763
53862
63862
73862
83862
93763
103961
113961
124060
134060
144060
154060
164060
173961
183862
193862
203862
213862
223862
233862
243763
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273565
283565
293565
303565
313664

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Shar’ya gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1324
2323
3323
4323
5322
6322
7332
8332
9332
10332
11332
12332
13332
14332
15332
16331
17331
18331
19331
20331
21331
22331
23330
24330
25340
26340
27350
28360
29360
30370
31380

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
610000
79910
89910
99910
109910
119910
129820
139820
149820
159730
169730
179640
189550
199550
209460
219361
229271
239271
249181
259181
269082
278992
288992
298992
308893
318893

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
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
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1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
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3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:16 AM to 3:14 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.34:167:34
215.44:137:37
315.54:117:39
415.64:087:41
515.64:067:44
615.74:037:46
715.84:017:48
815.93:597:50
915.93:567:53
1016.03:547:55
1116.13:527:57
1216.23:497:59
1316.23:478:01
1416.33:458:03
1516.43:438:06
1616.53:418:08
1716.53:398:10
1816.63:378:12
1916.73:358:14
2016.73:338:16
2116.83:318:18
2216.93:298:20
2316.93:278:22
2417.03:258:24
2517.03:248:26
2617.13:228:28
2717.23:208:29
2817.23:198:31
2917.33:178:33
3017.33:168:35
3117.43:148:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.23 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.7Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
84.9Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Shar’ya?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Shar’ya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shar’ya in May

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

In May, Shar’ya sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Shar’ya 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 Shar’ya peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shar’ya?

Shar’ya sits at 58.4°N, 45.5°E, 132 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Manturovo, 44 km away.

Topography around Shar’ya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shar’ya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m.

The land around Shar’ya is covered by trees (56%) within 3 km, trees (87%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
169 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Manturovo 44 km · Shakhun’ya 100 km · Kotel’nich 165 km · Yaransk 183 km · Galich 185 km · Semënov 186 km · Sovetsk 220 km · Kineshma 225 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 Shar’ya (58.3685°, 45.5162°, elevation 132 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).