Tikhoretsk weather in May

In May, Tikhoretsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 68 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tikhoretsk's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tikhoretsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:54 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
56%
6th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Tikhoretsk is town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density
1,399/km²
people per km²
Founded
1895

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tikhoretsk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°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 Tikhoretsk

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.

Tikhoretsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°5310.24.78.90.0
Feb / -3°448.33.8100.1
Mar10° / 5610.82.411.61.9
Apr16° / 50100.113.35.1
May22° / 12°6810.9014.76.6
Jun27° / 17°6910.2015.56.6
Jul30° / 19°467.6015.25.6
Aug30° / 18°396.1013.95.9
Sep24° / 13°446.7012.37.6
Oct17° / 557.90.110.75.7
Nov / 477.91.39.31.8
Dec / -2°549.53.38.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 48%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
35050
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54951
64951
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85050
94951
104951
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125149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tikhoretsk gets around 68 mm of rain over 10.9 wet days in May. 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. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
329
430
531
632
733
834
934
1035
1135
1235
1335
1435
1535
1635
1735
1835
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2035
2135
2236
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3038
3138

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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196400
295500
395500
494600
593700
691810
7891010
8881110
9861310
10841420
11831520
12801730
13791830
14771940
15752140
16732250
17712360
18682570
19662680
20642790
216228100
226029110
236029110
245830120
255630131
265431141
275232151
285232151
295033152
304933162
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 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 h 06 min 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 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:15 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:157:19
214.15:137:20
314.25:127:21
414.25:107:22
514.25:097:24
614.35:077:25
714.35:067:26
814.45:047:28
914.45:037:29
1014.55:027:30
1114.55:007:31
1214.64:597:33
1314.64:587:34
1414.64:567:35
1514.74:557:36
1614.74:547:38
1714.84:537:39
1814.84:527:40
1914.84:517:41
2014.94:507:42
2114.94:497:43
2214.94:487:44
2315.04:477:46
2415.04:467:47
2515.14:457:48
2615.14:447:49
2715.14:437:50
2815.14:427:51
2915.24:417:52
3015.24:417:53
3115.24:407:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Tikhoretsk?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tikhoretsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tikhoretsk in May

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

In May, Tikhoretsk sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tikhoretsk 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 Tikhoretsk peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5High
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Tikhoretsk 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 Tikhoretsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 178 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr11Good
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tikhoretsk?

Tikhoretsk sits at 45.9°N, 40.1°E, 81 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Pavlovskaya, 41 km away.

Topography around Tikhoretsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tikhoretsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 81 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m.

The land around Tikhoretsk is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
77 m
80 km
157 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Pavlovskaya 41 km · Novopokrovskaya 46 km · Vyselki 47 km · Tbilisskaya 55 km · Kropotkin 58 km · Belaya Glina 64 km · Korenovsk 67 km · Gul’kevichi 71 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 Tikhoretsk (45.8531°, 40.1187°, elevation 81 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).