Tayga weather in May

In May, Tayga sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tayga's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tayga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
5:13 AM – 9:15 PM
Cloud cover
67%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Tayga is town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1896

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 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tayga reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°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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5132
6133
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10144
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20166
21166
22176
23176
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28187
29187
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31188

How May really feels in Tayga

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.

Tayga weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -20°308.711.27.30.0
Feb-10° / -18°226.99.19.10.0
Mar-2° / -11°328.59.411.40.0
Apr / -2°379.84.913.81.0
May15° / 5411.71.2164.4
Jun21° / 11°6312.4017.26.0
Jul23° / 13°7712.8016.76.4
Aug20° / 11°7012.6014.95.8
Sep14° / 59120.412.53.6
Oct / -2°5912.76.810.10.6
Nov-5° / -11°5412.6137.90.0
Dec-12° / -18°4412.314.96.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52872
62872
73070
83070
93070
103070
113070
123070
132971
142971
152971
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173268
183268
193268
203367
213367
223466
233466
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263565
273565
283565
293565
303565
313763

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Tayga gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13810
23910
3399
4388
5388
6387
7377
8376
9376
10375
11375
12374
13374
14374
15384
16384
17383
18383
19383
20383
21383
22393
23392
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26402
27401
28401
29401
30401
31401

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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18982
19982
20982
21973
22973
23973
24964
25964
26964
27955
28955
29946
30946
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
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612light breeze
1712calm
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2012calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 8:45 PM to 9:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:448:45
215.15:428:47
315.25:408:49
415.25:378:51
515.35:358:53
615.45:338:55
715.45:318:57
815.55:298:59
915.65:279:01
1015.65:259:03
1115.75:229:05
1215.85:209:07
1315.85:189:09
1415.95:179:11
1516.05:159:13
1616.05:139:15
1716.15:119:17
1816.25:099:18
1916.25:079:20
2016.35:069:22
2116.35:049:24
2216.45:029:26
2316.45:019:27
2416.54:599:29
2516.54:589:31
2616.64:569:32
2716.74:559:34
2816.74:549:35
2916.74:529:37
3016.84:519:39
3116.84:509:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tayga?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tayga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tayga in May

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

In May, Tayga sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tayga 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 Tayga peaks around July 11 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 11UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Tayga 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 Tayga is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.8× the cleanest month (December, 3 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1715 µg/m³Dec 163 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr15Moderate
May9Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov5Good
Dec3Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tayga?

Tayga sits at 56.1°N, 85.6°E, 249 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yashkino, 24 km away.

Topography around Tayga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tayga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 253 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m.

The land around Tayga is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (97%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
399 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Yashkino 24 km · Anzhero-Sudzhensk 25 km · Yurga 60 km · Berëzovskiy 60 km · Tomsk 62 km · Kedrovka 67 km · Seversk 75 km · Kemerovo 85 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 Tayga (56.0654°, 85.6218°, elevation 249 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).