Stavropol weather in May

In May, Stavropol sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 97 mm of precipitation across 13.9 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Stavropol's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stavropol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Precipitation
97 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:49 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Stavropol is capital city of Stavropol Krai in North Caucaus, Russia.

Density
1,567/km²
people per km²
Founded
1777

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Stavropol reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2188
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How May really feels in Stavropol

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.

Stavropol weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°419.86.990.0
Feb / -5°368.6610.10.0
Mar / -1°5511.55.311.61.2
Apr15° / 6210.90.513.24.2
May20° / 10°9713.90.114.65.8
Jun25° / 15°8512.1015.46.5
Jul28° / 17°669.4015.16.5
Aug28° / 16°598.2013.96.7
Sep22° / 12°598.5012.37.2
Oct15° / 5990.410.74.9
Nov / 4992.69.31.1
Dec / -4°459.35.98.60.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44159
54159
64159
74159
84159
94258
104357
114357
124456
134456
144555
154654
164654
174753
184654
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244555
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274456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Stavropol gets around 97 mm of rain and snow over 13.9 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
141
242
343
444
544
645
746
846
947
1047
1147
1246
1346
1445
1544
1643
1743
1843
1942
2042
2142
2242
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2643
2744
2844
2944
3044
3144

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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
298200
398200
497300
597300
696400
795500
894600
993700
1092800
11901000
12891100
13881200
14851410
15841510
16831610
17801820
18791920
19772120
20752230
21742330
22712540
23702640
24682750
25672850
26662860
27642970
28632971
29622981
30612991
31612991

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:097:09
214.05:087:11
314.15:067:12
414.15:057:13
514.25:037:14
614.25:027:16
714.35:007:17
814.34:597:18
914.44:587:19
1014.44:567:21
1114.44:557:22
1214.54:547:23
1314.54:537:24
1414.64:517:25
1514.64:507:27
1614.64:497:28
1714.74:487:29
1814.74:477:30
1914.84:467:31
2014.84:457:32
2114.84:447:33
2214.94:437:34
2314.94:427:36
2414.94:417:37
2515.04:407:38
2615.04:397:39
2715.04:387:40
2815.04:387:41
2915.14:377:42
3015.14:367:43
3115.14:367:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Stavropol?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Stavropol for sightseeing.

What to pack for Stavropol in May

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

In May, Stavropol sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Stavropol in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Stavropol peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 9Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Stavropol in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Stavropol is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 188 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr12Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Stavropol?

Stavropol sits at 45.0°N, 42.0°E, 453 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Mikhaylovsk, 12 km away.

Topography around Stavropol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stavropol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m.

The land around Stavropol is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (48%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), trees (29%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
230 m
16 km
452 m
80 km
761 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Mikhaylovsk 12 km · Izobil’nyy 42 km · Kochubeyevskoye 44 km · Nevinnomyssk 45 km · Donskoye 47 km · Armavir 67 km · Novokubansk 73 km · Svetlograd 77 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 Stavropol (45.0344°, 41.9642°, elevation 453 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).