Uray weather in May

In May, Uray sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 16.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of May to 17 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Uray's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Uray's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 48 min
4:12 AM – 9:02 PM
Cloud cover
69%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Uray is human settlement in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia.

Density
734/km²
people per km²
Founded
1922

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 11°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Uray reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°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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21166
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26177
27177
28177
29178
30188
31188

How May really feels in Uray

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 10 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
10
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Uray weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -21°175.77.16.40.0
Feb-11° / -19°155.26.48.60.0
Mar-2° / -10°256.67.511.30.0
Apr / -3°337.93.914.20.9
May15° / 5410.11.216.84.2
Jun20° / 11°6811.30.118.46.0
Jul23° / 14°7211017.76.6
Aug19° / 11°7611.6015.45.6
Sep13° / 5910.90.712.63.1
Oct / -2°419.44.49.70.4
Nov-6° / -12°277.47.87.10.0
Dec-12° / -18°186.37.75.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
33070
43169
53169
63268
73268
83367
93367
103367
113367
123367
133367
143268
153268
163268
173268
183268
193268
203268
213169
223169
233169
243169
253169
263169
273268
283268
293268
303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Uray gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1308
2308
3307
4307
5297
6297
7296
8296
9296
10296
11305
12305
13305
14314
15314
16324
17324
18334
19343
20343
21353
22352
23362
24372
25372
26381
27381
28381
29391
30391
31391

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 99% 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
810000
910000
1010000
1110000
1210000
1310000
1410000
1510000
1610000
1710000
1810000
1910000
2010000
2110000
2210000
2310000
249910
259910
269811
279721
289721
299631
309541
319352

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
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of May to 17 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 132 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:51 AM to 3:43 AM, and sunset from 8:25 PM to 9:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.64:518:25
215.74:488:28
315.74:458:30
415.84:438:33
515.94:408:35
616.04:378:38
716.14:358:40
816.24:328:42
916.34:308:45
1016.34:278:47
1116.44:258:50
1216.54:228:52
1316.64:208:55
1416.74:178:57
1516.74:158:59
1616.84:129:02
1716.94:109:04
1817.04:089:06
1917.14:069:09
2017.14:039:11
2117.24:019:13
2217.33:599:15
2317.33:579:18
2417.43:559:20
2517.53:539:22
2617.53:519:24
2717.63:509:26
2817.73:489:28
2917.73:469:30
3017.83:449:32
3117.83:439:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.22 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.6Bright
24.7Bright
34.7Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.8Bright
74.9Bright
84.9Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
165.1Bright
175.2Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Uray?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Uray for sightseeing.

What to pack for Uray in May

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

In May, Uray sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Uray 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 Uray peaks around June 21 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Uray?

Uray sits at 60.1°N, 64.8°E, 57 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sovetskiy, 152 km away.

Topography around Uray

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Uray has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 53 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m.

The land around Uray is covered by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and wetland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and wetland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
73 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sovetskiy 152 km · Yugorsk 153 km · Nyagan 226 km · Tavda 234 km · Turinsk 240 km · Serov 242 km · Ivdel’ 248 km · Khanty-Mansiysk 251 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 Uray (60.1304°, 64.789°, elevation 57 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).