Tara weather in May

In May, Tara sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 9.8 wet days and about 16.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of May to 17 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tara's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:53 AM – 9:04 PM
Cloud cover
65%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Tara is town in Omsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
227/km²
people per km²
Founded
1594

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 13°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tara reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1132
2132
3132
4132
5142
6143
7143
8153
9153
10154
11164
12164
13164
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31198

How May really feels in Tara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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
8
wind chill below the day's low

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

Tara 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-14° / -21°206.597.20.0
Feb-11° / -20°175.7790.0
Mar-2° / -12°266.67.611.40.0
Apr / -2°317.63.613.91.4
May16° / 479.80.816.15.0
Jun21° / 11°6611.9017.46.1
Jul23° / 13°6911.7016.96.5
Aug20° / 10°7212.3014.95.8
Sep14° / 479.80.312.53.8
Oct / -1°409.44.3100.7
Nov-5° / -11°379.69.57.80.0
Dec-12° / -19°298.610.76.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 63%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23268
33268
43268
53367
63466
73565
83565
93565
103664
113664
123862
133961
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Tara gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1297
2297
3296
4286
5285
6285
7275
8274
9274
10274
11273
12273
13283
14283
15293
16302
17302
18312
19322
20332
21332
22341
23351
24361
25371
26371
27371
28371
29381
30380
31380

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 (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
1310000
1410000
1510000
169910
179910
189910
199910
209910
219910
229910
239820
249820
259820
269730
279730
289640
299451
309451
319361

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
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613light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
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3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 min at the start of May to 17 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 9:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.15:268:33
215.25:248:35
315.35:218:37
415.35:198:40
515.45:178:42
615.55:158:44
715.65:128:46
815.65:108:48
915.75:088:50
1015.85:068:52
1115.85:048:54
1215.95:028:56
1316.04:598:58
1416.04:579:00
1516.14:559:02
1616.24:539:04
1716.24:529:06
1816.34:509:08
1916.44:489:10
2016.44:469:12
2116.54:449:14
2216.54:439:15
2316.64:419:17
2416.74:399:19
2516.74:389:21
2616.84:369:22
2716.84:359:24
2816.94:339:26
2916.94:329:27
3017.04:319:29
3117.04:299:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.47 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.2Bright
75.2Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.4Bright
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245.6Bright
255.7Bright
265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tara?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tara in May

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

In May, Tara sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tara 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 Tara peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Tara 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 Tara is worst in April — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.8× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 2020 µg/m³Dec 213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb6Good
Mar8Good
Apr20Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tara?

Tara sits at 56.9°N, 74.4°E, 71 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Kalachinsk, 205 km away.

Topography around Tara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 69 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m.

The land around Tara is covered by trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (56%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
117 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kalachinsk 205 km · Tatarsk 211 km · Omsk 221 km · Kuybyshev 293 km · Isil’kul’ 293 km · Barabinsk 301 km · Ishim 312 km · Kupino 336 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 Tara (56.896°, 74.3694°, elevation 71 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).