Sorochinsk weather in May

In May, Sorochinsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sorochinsk's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sorochinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
5:39 AM – 9:08 PM
Cloud cover
56%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Sorochinsk is human settlement in Sorochinsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Density
549/km²
people per km²
Founded
1736

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 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sorochinsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°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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2186
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How May really feels in Sorochinsk

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.

Sorochinsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -15°348.510.180.0
Feb-7° / -15°2778.19.50.0
Mar-1° / -9°348.17.111.50.0
Apr12° / 347.41.513.63.2
May21° / 408.20.115.56.8
Jun25° / 13°468.9016.57.0
Jul27° / 15°407.6016.17.0
Aug26° / 13°356.5014.57.4
Sep19° / 387.2012.46.3
Oct10° / 428.51.310.32.4
Nov / -6°367.96.18.50.0
Dec-7° / -12°368.89.37.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24654
34753
44753
54852
64852
74852
84852
94852
104951
114951
124951
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154951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sorochinsk gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 27% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1262
2261
3261
4261
5261
6251
7250
8250
9250
10250
11250
12250
13250
14260
15260
16260
17270
18270
19270
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21270
22270
23270
24270
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26270
27270
28270
29270
30270
31270

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
149910
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209820
219820
229730
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249631
259541
269541
279451
289451
299361
309271
319181

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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913light breeze
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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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 8:43 PM to 9:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.66:068:43
214.76:048:45
314.76:028:47
414.86:008:48
514.95:588:50
614.95:568:52
715.05:548:53
815.05:538:55
915.15:518:57
1015.25:498:58
1115.25:479:00
1215.35:469:02
1315.35:449:03
1415.45:429:05
1515.45:419:07
1615.55:399:08
1715.55:389:10
1815.65:369:11
1915.65:359:13
2015.75:339:14
2115.75:329:16
2215.85:309:17
2315.85:299:19
2415.95:289:20
2515.95:279:22
2616.05:259:23
2716.05:249:24
2816.05:239:26
2916.15:229:27
3016.15:219:28
3116.25:209:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Bright
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sorochinsk?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sorochinsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sorochinsk in May

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

In May, Sorochinsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sorochinsk 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 Sorochinsk peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sorochinsk?

Sorochinsk sits at 52.4°N, 53.2°E, 94 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Buzuluk, 72 km away.

Topography around Sorochinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sorochinsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 278 m.

The land around Sorochinsk is covered by grassland (28%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
278 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Buzuluk 72 km · Neftegorsk 140 km · Aqsay 141 km · Abdulino 144 km · Buguruslan 144 km · Krasnaya Glinka 146 km · Orenburg 152 km · Pokhvistnevo 152 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 Sorochinsk (52.4288°, 53.1502°, elevation 94 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).