Ufa weather in May

In May, Ufa sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ufa's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ufa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
5:18 AM – 9:07 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Ufa is capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

Density
1,583/km²
people per km²
Founded
1574

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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ufa reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2165
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4176
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How May really feels in Ufa

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.

Ufa 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-9° / -15°389.812.37.60.0
Feb-7° / -15°348.19.89.30.0
Mar / -8°388.78.911.50.0
Apr11° / 398.32.213.72.6
May19° / 54100.215.86.1
Jun23° / 12°6311.5016.96.6
Jul25° / 15°5810.4016.56.8
Aug23° / 13°6110.4014.76.7
Sep17° / 5510.2012.55.0
Oct / 63122.910.21.5
Nov-1° / -6°469.98.38.20.0
Dec-7° / -13°4511.112.27.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34456
44456
54555
64555
74555
84555
94654
104555
114555
124555
134555
144555
154654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Ufa gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1312
2312
3312
4301
5311
6311
7311
8311
9311
10311
11311
12311
13321
14321
15321
16321
17321
18331
19331
20331
21331
22331
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24331
25331
26331
27340
28340
29350
30350
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 97% 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
89910
99910
109910
119910
129910
139910
149820
159820
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179820
189730
199730
209730
219640
229640
239550
249550
259361
269361
279271
289271
299181
308992
318992

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
112calm
212calm
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412calm
512calm
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912calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 9:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:478:39
214.95:458:41
315.05:438:43
415.15:418:45
515.15:398:47
615.25:378:49
715.35:358:51
815.35:338:52
915.45:318:54
1015.55:298:56
1115.55:278:58
1215.65:259:00
1315.65:239:02
1415.75:219:03
1515.85:209:05
1615.85:189:07
1715.95:169:09
1815.95:149:10
1916.05:139:12
2016.05:119:14
2116.15:109:15
2216.25:089:17
2316.25:079:19
2416.35:059:20
2516.35:049:22
2616.35:029:23
2716.45:019:25
2816.45:009:26
2916.54:599:28
3016.54:589:29
3116.64:569:31

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 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 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
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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95.2Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
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305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ufa?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ufa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ufa in May

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

In May, Ufa sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ufa in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ufa peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ufa?

Ufa sits at 54.7°N, 56.0°E, 158 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Blagoveshchensk, 32 km away.

Topography around Ufa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ufa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m.

The land around Ufa is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (34%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
522 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Blagoveshchensk 32 km · Chishmy 41 km · Birsk 80 km · Davlekanovo 84 km · Asha 87 km · Rayevskiy 101 km · Dyurtyuli 109 km · Sim 114 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 Ufa (54.7431°, 55.9678°, elevation 158 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).