Shumikha weather in May

In May, Shumikha sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 8.3 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°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 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shumikha's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shumikha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
8.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:46 AM – 8:40 PM
Cloud cover
60%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Shumikha is human settlement in Shumikhinsky District, Kurgan Oblast, Russia.

Density
661/km²
people per km²
Founded
1892

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shumikha reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°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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2164
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How May really feels in Shumikha

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.

Shumikha weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -18°175.26.77.50.0
Feb-9° / -17°154.55.79.20.0
Mar-2° / -10°235.85.511.40.0
Apr10° / 276.2213.82.4
May19° / 498.30.315.96.2
Jun23° / 12°509.40176.8
Jul24° / 14°7011.4016.66.8
Aug22° / 12°5910.4014.86.5
Sep16° / 418.60.112.55.0
Oct / 368.63.110.11.4
Nov-3° / -9°277.26.38.10.0
Dec-9° / -16°216.37.170.0

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 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34159
44159
54159
64159
74258
84159
94159
104159
114258
124159
134159
144159
154060
164159
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184159
194258
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254654
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314951

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Shumikha gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 8.3 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 26% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1222
2222
3232
4232
5231
6231
7241
8241
9251
10251
11261
12261
13261
14261
15271
16271
17271
18271
19281
20281
21281
22281
23281
24281
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26281
27281
28281
29281
30290
31290

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 98% 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
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
1310000
1410000
1510000
169910
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209910
219820
229820
239820
249631
259631
269631
279631
289541
299541
309451
319451

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min 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 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 9:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:178:12
215.05:148:14
315.15:128:15
415.15:108:17
515.25:088:19
615.35:068:21
715.35:048:23
815.45:028:25
915.55:008:27
1015.54:588:29
1115.64:568:31
1215.74:548:33
1315.74:528:35
1415.84:508:36
1515.84:488:38
1615.94:468:40
1716.04:448:42
1816.04:438:44
1916.14:418:45
2016.14:398:47
2116.24:388:49
2216.24:368:50
2316.34:358:52
2416.34:338:54
2516.44:328:55
2616.44:308:57
2716.54:298:58
2816.54:289:00
2916.64:279:01
3016.64:259:03
3116.74:249:04

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.52 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Shumikha?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Shumikha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shumikha in May

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

In May, Shumikha sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Shumikha 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 Shumikha peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 19UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Shumikha?

Shumikha sits at 55.2°N, 63.3°E, 184 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kurtamysh, 81 km away.

Topography around Shumikha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shumikha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 172 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m.

The land around Shumikha is covered by grassland (48%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (28%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), cropland (24%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
144 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kurtamysh 81 km · Shadrinsk 98 km · Kopeysk 107 km · Chelyabinsk 118 km · Kataysk 126 km · Korkino 126 km · Kurgan 132 km · Yemanzhelinsk 136 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 Shumikha (55.2287°, 63.2855°, elevation 184 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).