Sokol weather in May

In May, Sokol sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 16.6 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 18°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 30 min at the start of May to 17 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sokol's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
16 h 42 min
3:55 AM – 8:36 PM
Cloud cover
65%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Sokol is town in the center of Vologda Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,386/km²
people per km²
Founded
1615

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 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sokol reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2133
3143
4143
5144
6144
7154
8154
9154
10155
11155
12155
13165
14165
15165
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26177
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28187
29188
30188
31188

How May really feels in Sokol

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 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
3
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sokol 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-7° / -13°3810.712.86.60.0
Feb-6° / -12°318.610.18.70.0
Mar / -8°349.48.911.30.0
Apr / -1°378.33.114.11.7
May16° / 56110.516.64.8
Jun20° / 10°7811.9018.15.8
Jul22° / 13°8012.8017.56.2
Aug20° / 11°7612.8015.35.7
Sep14° / 5810.90.112.63.7
Oct / 5812.13.39.80.7
Nov-1° / -5°4910.88.37.30.0
Dec-5° / -10°4211.812.65.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

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 (%)
13565
23565
33664
43565
53664
63565
73565
83565
93565
103565
113763
123763
133763
143763
153961
163862
173862
183862
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203961
214060
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284060
294060
304060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sokol gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)
1304
2314
3313
4323
5323
6333
7333
8333
9333
10333
11342
12342
13342
14342
15352
16352
17352
18362
19361
20371
21371
22371
23381
24381
25381
26381
27380
28380
29380
30380
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 96% 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
99910
109910
119910
129910
139820
149820
159820
169730
179730
189730
199541
209541
219451
229451
239361
249262
259172
269172
279172
289082
299082
309082
318992

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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 30 min at the start of May to 17 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 3:27 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 9:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:338:01
215.64:308:03
315.64:278:06
415.74:258:08
515.84:228:10
615.94:208:13
716.04:178:15
816.04:148:17
916.14:128:20
1016.24:108:22
1116.34:078:25
1216.44:058:27
1316.44:028:29
1416.54:008:31
1516.63:588:34
1616.73:558:36
1716.73:538:38
1816.83:518:40
1916.93:498:43
2017.03:478:45
2117.03:458:47
2217.13:438:49
2317.23:418:51
2417.23:398:53
2517.33:378:55
2617.43:358:57
2717.43:348:59
2817.53:329:01
2917.53:309:03
3017.63:299:05
3117.73:279:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.6Bright
34.6Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.8Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.1Bright
185.1Bright
195.1Bright
205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.2Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sokol?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sokol for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sokol in May

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

In May, Sokol sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sokol 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 Sokol peaks around July 13 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 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sokol?

Sokol sits at 59.5°N, 40.1°E, 126 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Vologda, 30 km away.

Topography around Sokol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m.

The land around Sokol is covered by trees (58%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
65 m
80 km
154 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Vologda 30 km · Gryazovets 65 km · Sheksna 95 km · Cherepovets 131 km · Buy 136 km · Danilov 141 km · Rybinsk 174 km · Galich 176 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 Sokol (59.4617°, 40.1206°, elevation 126 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).