Svobodnyy weather in May

In May, Svobodnyy sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Svobodnyy's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svobodnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:43 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
67%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Svobodnyy is human settlement in Svobodny Urban Okrug, Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia.

Density
271/km²
people per km²
Founded
1912

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 15°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Svobodnyy reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 5 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
5
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Svobodnyy weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-18° / -29°31.12.18.20.0
Feb-12° / -25°41.11.99.60.0
Mar-2° / -15°92.32.811.50.0
Apr / -3°244.72.313.52.1
May18° / 599.60.215.35.8
Jun24° / 13°7410.9016.36.5
Jul26° / 16°12913.7015.96.0
Aug24° / 14°10812.1014.46.4
Sep18° / 699.60.112.45.6
Oct / -4°336.53.210.41.4
Nov-8° / -17°133.248.60.0
Dec-18° / -28°623.17.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43763
53763
63862
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Svobodnyy gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 29% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1222
2232
3242
4242
5252
6262
7261
8271
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10271
11271
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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26982
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31946

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 8:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:097:40
214.65:077:42
314.65:057:43
414.75:037:45
514.85:027:47
614.85:007:48
714.94:587:50
814.94:567:52
915.04:557:53
1015.04:537:55
1115.14:517:56
1215.14:507:58
1315.24:488:00
1415.24:468:01
1515.34:458:03
1615.34:438:04
1715.44:428:06
1815.44:408:07
1915.54:398:09
2015.54:388:10
2115.64:368:11
2215.64:358:13
2315.74:348:14
2415.74:338:16
2515.84:318:17
2615.84:308:18
2715.84:298:19
2815.94:288:21
2915.94:278:22
3015.94:268:23
3116.04:258:24

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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286.0Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Svobodnyy

In seasonPeak

In May, Svobodnyy sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Svobodnyy's rainy season runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Svobodnyy?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Svobodnyy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Svobodnyy in May

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

In May, Svobodnyy sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Svobodnyy 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 Svobodnyy peaks around August 17 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateModerateLowAug 17UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul3Moderate
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Svobodnyy 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 Svobodnyy is worst in April — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 19.4× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1971 µg/m³Dec 234 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar34Moderate
Apr74Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun12Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep10Good
Oct32Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Svobodnyy?

Svobodnyy sits at 51.4°N, 128.1°E, 177 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Belogorsk, 58 km away.

Topography around Svobodnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svobodnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m.

The land around Svobodnyy is covered by trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
149 m
80 km
283 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Belogorsk 58 km · Shimanovsk 77 km · Chigiri 124 km · Blagoveshchensk 130 km · Raychikhinsk 197 km · Zeya 269 km · Birobidzhan 446 km · Hainan 468 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 Svobodnyy (51.375°, 128.1401°, elevation 177 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).