Surovikino weather in May

In May, Surovikino sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 45 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°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 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Surovikino's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surovikino's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
45 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:34 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
56%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Surovikino is human settlement in Surovikinsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

Density
618/km²
people per km²
Founded
1744

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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Surovikino reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Surovikino

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.

Surovikino weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -8°399.58.48.50.0
Feb-2° / -8°328.16.39.80.0
Mar / -2°389.14.311.60.5
Apr15° / 347.50.413.44.7
May22° / 11°458.10157.0
Jun27° / 16°397.3015.86.8
Jul30° / 18°356.4015.55.8
Aug29° / 17°254014.26.6
Sep22° / 11°355.8012.47.3
Oct14° / 367.20.410.54.2
Nov / -1°316.42.290.4
Dec-1° / -6°418.65.88.20.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Surovikino gets around 45 mm of rain over 8.1 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 rain averages around 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

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Rain 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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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79640
89550
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
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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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:58 AM to 4:19 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:587:14
214.34:567:16
314.44:547:17
414.44:527:18
514.54:517:20
614.54:497:21
714.64:477:23
814.64:467:24
914.74:447:26
1014.74:437:27
1114.84:417:28
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1314.94:387:31
1414.94:377:33
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2015.24:297:41
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3015.54:197:52
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.0Intense
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316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Surovikino?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Surovikino for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Surovikino in May

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

In May, Surovikino sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Surovikino 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 Surovikino peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug5High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Surovikino 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 Surovikino is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Sep 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug7Good
Sep7Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Surovikino?

Surovikino sits at 48.6°N, 42.9°E, 42 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kalach-na-Donu, 50 km away.

Topography around Surovikino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surovikino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Surovikino is covered by grassland (47%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
213 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kalach-na-Donu 50 km · Morozovsk 81 km · Kotel’nikovo 111 km · Gorodishche 121 km · Tsimlyansk 121 km · Volgograd 121 km · Volgodonsk 133 km · Frolovo 141 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 Surovikino (48.6097°, 42.8569°, elevation 42 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).