Sukhinichi weather in May

In May, Sukhinichi sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°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 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sukhinichi's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sukhinichi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 42 min
4:43 AM – 8:27 PM
Cloud cover
61%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Sukhinichi is human settlement in Sukhinichsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,342/km²
people per km²
Founded
1301

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 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sukhinichi reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1166
2166
3166
4176
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10177
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How May really feels in Sukhinichi

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.

Sukhinichi weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -9°359.310.37.70.0
Feb-3° / -9°328.89.29.40.0
Mar / -4°368.46.811.50.0
Apr11° / 409.61.613.72.7
May18° / 6411.20.115.75.7
Jun21° / 12°7412.6016.86.1
Jul23° / 14°8613.6016.46.4
Aug22° / 12°6710.6014.66.6
Sep16° / 619.50.112.55.0
Oct / 5610.61.210.21.8
Nov / -3°448.95.28.30.0
Dec-3° / -7°419.79.67.20.0

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44555
54654
64456
74456
84357
94357
104357
114258
124258
134258
144357
154258
164258
174357
184456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Sukhinichi gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1332
2332
3331
4331
5341
6341
7341
8351
9350
10360
11360
12360
13360
14370
15370
16370
17370
18370
19370
20370
21370
22370
23370
24360
25360
26360
27360
28360
29360
30360
31360

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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99640
109550
119460
129460
139370
149280
159190
1690100
1789110
1888120
1987130
2087130
2186140
2284151
2383161
2483161
2582171
2681172
2781172
2881172
2980173
3081163
3180164

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
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 24 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 5:12 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 8:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:128:00
214.95:108:01
314.95:088:03
415.05:068:05
515.15:048:07
615.15:028:09
715.25:008:11
815.24:588:12
915.34:568:14
1015.44:548:16
1115.44:528:18
1215.54:508:20
1315.54:488:21
1415.64:478:23
1515.74:458:25
1615.74:438:27
1715.84:428:28
1815.84:408:30
1915.94:388:32
2015.94:378:33
2116.04:358:35
2216.04:348:36
2316.14:328:38
2416.14:318:40
2516.24:308:41
2616.24:288:43
2716.34:278:44
2816.34:268:45
2916.44:258:47
3016.44:248:48
3116.44:238:49

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.24 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.1Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.2Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.3Bright
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205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sukhinichi?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sukhinichi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sukhinichi in May

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

In May, Sukhinichi sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sukhinichi 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 Sukhinichi peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sukhinichi?

Sukhinichi sits at 54.1°N, 35.3°E, 212 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kozel’sk, 29 km away.

Topography around Sukhinichi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sukhinichi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Sukhinichi is covered by grassland (45%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), trees (32%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
105 m
80 km
182 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kozel’sk 29 km · Belëv 61 km · Lyudinovo 64 km · Kirov 68 km · Suvorov 75 km · Kaluga 77 km · Dyat’kovo 86 km · Karachev 111 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 Sukhinichi (54.0999°, 35.3425°, elevation 212 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).