Ulyanovsk weather in May

In May, Ulyanovsk sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ulyanovsk's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ulyanovsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
3:50 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
57%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Ulyanovsk is city in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,977/km²
people per km²
Founded
1648

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ulyanovsk reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 26°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)
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How May really feels in Ulyanovsk

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.

Ulyanovsk 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-7° / -12°308.69.67.70.0
Feb-7° / -13°257.27.69.30.0
Mar-0° / -7°307.56.811.50.0
Apr10° / 387.51.713.72.3
May19° / 448.80.115.76.1
Jun23° / 14°6210.3016.86.7
Jul25° / 16°599.8016.47.0
Aug23° / 14°579.3014.77.0
Sep17° / 538.9012.55.3
Oct / 489.71.510.21.7
Nov / -4°358.25.88.20.0
Dec-5° / -10°3299.87.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ulyanovsk gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 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 (%)
125
225
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425
525
625
725
825
926
1026
1126
1226
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1527
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2131
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3136

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
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810000
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219271
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2587112
2686122
2785132
2883143
2982153
3080164
3179174

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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 48 min at the start of May to 16 h 30 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 4:19 AM to 3:29 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.84:197:08
214.94:177:10
314.94:157:12
415.04:137:14
515.14:117:16
615.14:097:17
715.24:077:19
815.34:057:21
915.34:037:23
1015.44:017:25
1115.53:597:27
1215.53:577:28
1315.63:557:30
1415.63:537:32
1515.73:527:34
1615.83:507:35
1715.83:487:37
1815.93:477:39
1915.93:457:40
2016.03:437:42
2116.03:427:44
2216.13:407:45
2316.13:397:47
2416.23:387:48
2516.23:367:50
2616.33:357:52
2716.33:347:53
2816.43:337:54
2916.43:317:56
3016.43:307:57
3116.53:297:59

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ulyanovsk?

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
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ulyanovsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ulyanovsk in May

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

In May, Ulyanovsk sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ulyanovsk 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 Ulyanovsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ulyanovsk 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 Ulyanovsk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2315 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ulyanovsk?

Ulyanovsk sits at 54.3°N, 48.4°E, 176 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novoul’yanovsk, 20 km away.

Topography around Ulyanovsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ulyanovsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m.

The land around Ulyanovsk is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, water (35%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
315 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Novoul’yanovsk 20 km · Buinsk 72 km · Dimitrovgrad 81 km · Tolyatti 109 km · Barysh 112 km · Zhigulëvsk 127 km · Alatyr’ 130 km · Syzran 130 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 Ulyanovsk (54.3282°, 48.3866°, elevation 176 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).