Vasil’yevo weather in May

In May, Vasil’yevo sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 16 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 20°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 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vasil’yevo's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vasil’yevo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
9.2 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:42 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Vasil’yevo is urban-type settlement in Zelenodolsky District, Tatarstan, Russia.

Founded
1693

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vasil’yevo reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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)
1155
2165
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4166
5176
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10187
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How May really feels in Vasil’yevo

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.

Vasil’yevo 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-8° / -13°3810.111.97.40.0
Feb-7° / -13°307.89.29.20.0
Mar-1° / -7°358.67.811.40.0
Apr / 367.52.313.82.1
May18° / 459.20.1166.0
Jun22° / 13°599.9017.26.7
Jul24° / 15°6410.3016.77.0
Aug22° / 13°579.8014.86.7
Sep16° / 52100.112.54.8
Oct / 54112.210.11.3
Nov-1° / -5°419.97.680.0
Dec-6° / -11°4010.111.36.80.0

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 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44852
54951
64951
74951
84852
94852
104951
114951
124852
134852
144852
154852
164852
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244555
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274555
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Vasil’yevo gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1262
2272
3271
4271
5271
6281
7281
8291
9291
10290
11290
12290
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15290
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31330

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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109820
119820
129820
139820
149730
159730
169640
179640
189550
199550
209460
219460
229271
239181
249181
259091
269091
2788102
2887112
2986122
3086122
3185132

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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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:13 AM to 3:19 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 8:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:137:12
215.14:107:14
315.14:087:16
415.24:067:18
515.34:047:20
615.34:027:22
715.43:597:24
815.53:577:26
915.53:557:28
1015.63:537:30
1115.73:517:32
1215.73:497:34
1315.83:477:36
1415.93:457:37
1515.93:437:39
1616.03:427:41
1716.13:407:43
1816.13:387:45
1916.23:367:47
2016.23:357:48
2116.33:337:50
2216.33:317:52
2316.43:307:54
2416.53:287:55
2516.53:277:57
2616.63:257:59
2716.63:248:00
2816.73:238:02
2916.73:218:03
3016.73:208:05
3116.83:198:06

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 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 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
15.0Bright
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265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vasil’yevo?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vasil’yevo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vasil’yevo in May

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

In May, Vasil’yevo sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Vasil’yevo 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 Vasil’yevo peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 18 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 21UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vasil’yevo?

Vasil’yevo sits at 55.8°N, 48.7°E, 55 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zelenodolsk, 13 km away.

Topography around Vasil’yevo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vasil’yevo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 60 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m.

The land around Vasil’yevo is covered by trees (46%) and water (34%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), cropland (35%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
234 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Zelenodolsk 13 km · Volzhsk 23 km · Kazan 26 km · Arsk 78 km · Novocheboksarsk 83 km · Kanash 85 km · Cheboksary 97 km · Buinsk 99 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 Vasil’yevo (55.8301°, 48.7173°, elevation 55 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).