Svetlograd weather in May

In May, Svetlograd sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.2 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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Svetlograd's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svetlograd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:45 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Svetlograd is town in Russia.

Density
969/km²
people per km²
Founded
1786

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 Svetlograd 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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Svetlograd

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.

Svetlograd 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°318.45.68.90.0
Feb / -4°287.54.810.10.0
Mar / 469.83.611.61.6
Apr16° / 478.80.313.24.9
May22° / 11°6411.2014.66.5
Jun27° / 16°619.3015.46.4
Jul31° / 19°437.4015.15.2
Aug30° / 18°436.2013.95.7
Sep24° / 13°447.5012.37.4
Oct16° / 477.60.210.75.3
Nov / 387.92.19.31.2
Dec / -3°357.94.78.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64456
74456
84654
94654
104654
114753
124852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Svetlograd gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.2 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
235
335
436
537
637
738
838
938
1038
1138
1238
1338
1437
1536
1636
1735
1834
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2134
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3033
3133

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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
297300
397300
497300
596400
695500
795500
894600
993700
1092800
1191900
12901000
13881110
14871210
15861310
16851410
17831610
18821710
19801820
20791920
21782020
22762130
23752230
24732340
25722440
26712450
27702550
28692560
29682570
30682570
31672571

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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:057:06
214.15:047:08
314.15:027:09
414.25:017:10
514.24:597:12
614.34:587:13
714.34:567:14
814.34:557:15
914.44:537:17
1014.44:527:18
1114.54:517:19
1214.54:497:20
1314.64:487:21
1414.64:477:23
1514.64:467:24
1614.74:457:25
1714.74:437:26
1814.74:427:27
1914.84:417:28
2014.84:407:30
2114.94:397:31
2214.94:387:32
2314.94:377:33
2415.04:367:34
2515.04:367:35
2615.04:357:36
2715.14:347:37
2815.14:337:38
2915.14:327:39
3015.14:327:40
3115.24:317:41

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 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Svetlograd?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Svetlograd for sightseeing.

What to pack for Svetlograd in May

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Svetlograd 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 Svetlograd peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 12UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Svetlograd 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 Svetlograd 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).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1815 µg/m³Dec 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Svetlograd?

Svetlograd sits at 45.3°N, 42.9°E, 151 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ipatovo, 44 km away.

Topography around Svetlograd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svetlograd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 184 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 670 m.

The land around Svetlograd is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), trees (31%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
180 m
16 km
260 m
80 km
670 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Ipatovo 44 km · Blagodarnyy 52 km · Mikhaylovsk 69 km · Aleksandrovskoye 69 km · Donskoye 70 km · Divnoye 75 km · Stavropol 77 km · Izobil’nyy 90 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 Svetlograd (45.3274°, 42.8562°, elevation 151 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).