Shimanovsk weather in May

In May, Shimanovsk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shimanovsk's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shimanovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:43 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Shimanovsk is human settlement in Shimanovsk Urban Okrug, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Density
429/km²
people per km²
Founded
1910

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shimanovsk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1141
2141
3142
4152
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10163
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How May really feels in Shimanovsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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
8
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Shimanovsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-18° / -29°312.18.10.0
Feb-12° / -25°31.21.99.60.0
Mar-3° / -16°92.52.811.50.0
Apr / -4°255.22.713.61.7
May18° / 6210.10.515.45.5
Jun24° / 11°7811.4016.46.4
Jul26° / 15°13614.20166.0
Aug23° / 12°10912.7014.46.3
Sep17° / 699.4012.45.3
Oct / -5°346.63.810.41.1
Nov-9° / -18°133.24.18.60.0
Dec-19° / -28°51.82.67.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43664
53763
63763
73763
83664
93664
103664
113664
123664
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Shimanovsk gets around 62 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 31% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1264
2264
3274
4274
5283
6283
7283
8293
9293
10292
11292
12292
13292
14291
15291
16301
17301
18300
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20320
21330
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23340
24350
25360
26360
27370
28370
29380
30380
31390

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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21000
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51000
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91000
101000
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23991
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25991
26991
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28982
29982
30973
31964

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 8:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:097:44
214.65:077:46
314.75:057:47
414.85:037:49
514.85:017:51
614.95:007:52
714.94:587:54
815.04:567:56
915.14:547:57
1015.14:527:59
1115.24:518:00
1215.24:498:02
1315.34:478:04
1415.34:468:05
1515.44:448:07
1615.44:438:08
1715.54:418:10
1815.54:408:11
1915.64:388:13
2015.64:378:14
2115.74:368:16
2215.74:348:17
2315.84:338:19
2415.84:328:20
2515.94:308:22
2615.94:298:23
2715.94:288:24
2816.04:278:26
2916.04:268:27
3016.04:258:28
3116.14:248:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.71 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.5Bright
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65.5Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Shimanovsk

In seasonPeak

In May, Shimanovsk sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Shimanovsk's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Shimanovsk?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Shimanovsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shimanovsk in May

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

In May, Shimanovsk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Shimanovsk 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 Shimanovsk peaks around August 15 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateModerateHighModerateLowAug 15UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Shimanovsk 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 Shimanovsk is worst in April — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 33.8× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 2176 µg/m³Dec 223 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar28Moderate
Apr78Unhealthy
May68Unhealthy
Jun12Good
Jul19Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep7Good
Oct23Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shimanovsk?

Shimanovsk sits at 52.0°N, 127.7°E, 269 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Svobodnyy, 77 km away.

Topography around Shimanovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shimanovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 287 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Shimanovsk is covered by trees (42%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
270 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Svobodnyy 77 km · Belogorsk 134 km · Chigiri 186 km · Blagoveshchensk 192 km · Zeya 195 km · Raychikhinsk 274 km · Tynda 400 km · Birobidzhan 515 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 Shimanovsk (52.0032°, 127.6762°, elevation 269 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).