Sosnovyy Bor weather in May

In May, Sosnovyy Bor sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 7.8 wet days and about 16.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sosnovyy Bor's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sosnovyy Bor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
4:37 AM – 9:23 PM
Cloud cover
55%
1st clearest
Wind
18 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Sosnovyy Bor is city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Density
952/km²
people per km²
Founded
1958

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 7°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sosnovyy Bor reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Sosnovyy Bor

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.

Sosnovyy Bor weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -6°4411.711.86.40.0
Feb-3° / -7°359.59.58.70.0
Mar-1° / -4°369.16.411.30.0
Apr / 368.72.914.10.1
May / 447.80.216.72.0
Jun13° / 10°599.8018.33.6
Jul18° / 15°569.3017.75.9
Aug18° / 15°8511.9015.35.5
Sep14° / 12°8013.2012.63.6
Oct / 8415.11.49.81.0
Nov / 6914.45.77.20.0
Dec-0° / -3°56139.95.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sosnovyy Bor gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 18 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light 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 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:15 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 8:47 PM to 9:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.55:158:47
215.65:128:49
315.75:098:52
415.85:078:54
515.95:048:57
616.05:018:59
716.04:599:02
816.14:569:04
916.24:549:06
1016.34:519:09
1116.44:499:11
1216.54:469:14
1316.54:449:16
1416.64:419:18
1516.74:399:21
1616.84:379:23
1716.84:359:25
1816.94:329:28
1917.04:309:30
2017.14:289:32
2117.14:269:34
2217.24:249:36
2317.34:229:39
2417.34:209:41
2517.44:189:43
2617.54:169:45
2717.54:149:47
2817.64:129:49
2917.74:119:51
3017.74:099:53
3117.84:089:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sosnovyy Bor?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sosnovyy Bor.

What to pack for Sosnovyy Bor in May

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

In May, Sosnovyy Bor sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Sosnovyy Bor in May

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
Feb0Bracing
Mar0Bracing
Apr2Bracing
May7Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct10Bracing
Nov6Bracing
Dec3Bracing

UV index in Sosnovyy Bor 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 Sosnovyy Bor peaks around July 11 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 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 11UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sosnovyy Bor?

Sosnovyy Bor sits at 59.9°N, 29.1°E, 17 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lomonosov, 38 km away.

Topography around Sosnovyy Bor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sosnovyy Bor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m.

The land around Sosnovyy Bor is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, water (48%) and trees (45%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
209 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Lomonosov 38 km · Kronstadt 40 km · Petrodvorets 40 km · Peterhof 45 km · Sestroretsk 54 km · Kurortnyy 54 km · Krasnoye Selo 59 km · Sosnovaya Polyana 60 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 Sosnovyy Bor (59.8996°, 29.0857°, elevation 17 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).