Unecha weather in May

In May, Unecha sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-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 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Unecha's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Unecha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:59 AM – 8:32 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Unecha is city in Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,935/km²
people per km²
Founded
1887

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 Unecha reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2177
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How May really feels in Unecha

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.

Unecha weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°3910.29.77.90.0
Feb-2° / -7°369.48.89.50.0
Mar / -3°389.35.911.50.2
Apr12° / 419.41.113.63.3
May19° / 6311.20.115.55.9
Jun22° / 13°6911.7016.56.4
Jul24° / 14°8813.5016.16.5
Aug23° / 13°599.3014.56.9
Sep17° / 558.8012.45.5
Oct10° / 549.60.910.32.3
Nov / -2°45948.40.0
Dec-2° / -6°419.48.37.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
44654
54555
64555
74555
84357
94456
104357
114456
124357
134357
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314852

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Unecha gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 35% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)
128
228
328
429
529
630
731
831
932
1033
1133
1234
1335
1435
1536
1637
1738
1838
1939
2039
2140
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2440
2540
2640
2739
2839
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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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49820
59730
69730
79640
89550
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
1590100
1688111
1787121
1886131
1985141
2085141
2183152
2282162
2382162
2481163
2580173
2680173
2779174
2880164
2980164
3079165
3178175

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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913light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 8:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:278:06
214.75:258:08
314.85:238:10
414.85:218:12
514.95:198:13
615.05:178:15
715.05:158:17
815.15:138:18
915.15:118:20
1015.25:098:22
1115.35:088:24
1215.35:068:25
1315.45:048:27
1415.45:028:29
1515.55:018:30
1615.54:598:32
1715.64:588:33
1815.64:568:35
1915.74:558:36
2015.74:538:38
2115.84:528:40
2215.84:508:41
2315.94:498:43
2415.94:488:44
2516.04:468:45
2616.04:458:47
2716.14:448:48
2816.14:438:50
2916.14:428:51
3016.24:418:52
3116.24:408:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Unecha?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Unecha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Unecha in May

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

In May, Unecha sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Unecha 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 Unecha peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 17UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Unecha?

Unecha sits at 52.8°N, 32.7°E, 201 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Starodub, 29 km away.

Topography around Unecha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Unecha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 192 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m.

The land around Unecha is covered by trees (67%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), cropland (31%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
95 m
80 km
125 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Starodub 29 km · Klintsy 32 km · Pochep 52 km · Novozybkov 61 km · Trubchevsk 78 km · Klimovichi 98 km · Novhorod-Siverskyi 101 km · Zhukovka 104 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 Unecha (52.8429°, 32.6876°, elevation 201 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).