Sim weather in May

In May, Sim sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 70 mm of precipitation across 12.4 wet days and about 15.8 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 25% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sim's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
70 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
5:10 AM – 9:01 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Sim is town in Ashinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
474/km²
people per km²
Founded
1759

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 Sim reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 25°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
3143
4153
5154
6154
7164
8164
9165
10165
11165
12175
13175
14175
15176
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21186
22187
23187
24187
25197
26197
27197
28197
29198
30198
31198

How May really feels in Sim

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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
2
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sim 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-10° / -16°399.612.87.50.0
Feb-7° / -16°348.210.39.30.0
Mar-1° / -9°4410.111.511.40.0
Apr / -1°478.94.713.81.7
May17° / 7012.40.715.85.1
Jun21° / 10°9314.30175.8
Jul23° / 12°9613.3016.56.2
Aug21° / 11°9013.9014.75.8
Sep15° / 75130.712.53.9
Oct / 7813.66.410.20.9
Nov-2° / -8°5711.812.68.10.0
Dec-8° / -15°4611.213.870.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23862
33862
43961
53961
64060
74060
84159
94159
104159
114258
124159
134159
144159
154159
164159
174159
184159
194159
204159
214258
224159
234159
244159
254258
264357
274357
284357
294258
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sim gets around 70 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1367
2376
3376
4375
5374
6374
7383
8383
9383
10382
11382
12392
13392
14392
15392
16402
17402
18402
19402
20412
21412
22412
23412
24412
25421
26421
27421
28431
29431
30441
31441

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
159910
169910
179910
189910
199910
209820
219820
229730
239730
249640
259640
269550
279550
289460
299460
309271
319181

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
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
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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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 9:25 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:408:33
215.05:388:35
315.05:358:37
415.15:338:39
515.25:318:41
615.25:298:43
715.35:278:45
815.45:258:47
915.45:238:48
1015.55:218:50
1115.65:198:52
1215.65:178:54
1315.75:158:56
1415.75:138:58
1515.85:118:59
1615.95:109:01
1715.95:089:03
1816.05:069:05
1916.05:059:06
2016.15:039:08
2116.15:019:10
2216.25:009:12
2316.24:589:13
2416.34:579:15
2516.34:569:16
2616.44:549:18
2716.44:539:19
2816.54:529:21
2916.54:509:22
3016.64:499:24
3116.64:489:25

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.2Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.4Bright
205.4Bright
215.5Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sim?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sim for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sim in May

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

In May, Sim sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sim 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 Sim peaks around June 23 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sim?

Sim sits at 55.0°N, 57.7°E, 203 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Asha, 28 km away.

Topography around Sim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m around an average of 293 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 513 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,322 m.

The land around Sim is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
359 m
16 km
513 m
80 km
1,322 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Asha 28 km · Ust’-Katav 31 km · Katav-Ivanovsk 42 km · Trëkhgornyy 52 km · Bakal 71 km · Satka 86 km · Mezgor'e 105 km · Blagoveshchensk 110 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 Sim (54.993°, 57.6982°, elevation 203 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).