Vikhorevka weather in May

In May, Vikhorevka sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 16 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 14% 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 Vikhorevka's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vikhorevka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
5:10 AM – 9:13 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Vikhorevka is human settlement in Bratsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

Density
265/km²
people per km²
Founded
1947

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 Vikhorevka reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Vikhorevka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 17 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
17
wind chill below the day's low

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

Vikhorevka 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-17° / -24°82.65.17.30.0
Feb-12° / -21°72.44.69.10.0
Mar-3° / -14°123.85.711.40.0
Apr / -4°216.43.913.80.7
May14° / 4210.71.5164.0
Jun21° / 10°5710.9017.26.2
Jul23° / 13°6110.3016.76.7
Aug20° / 11°6410.9014.96.1
Sep13° / 4510.40.712.53.4
Oct / -4°267.9510.10.3
Nov-7° / -14°1968.17.90.0
Dec-15° / -22°145.28.16.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32575
42575
52575
62674
72773
82872
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112872
122971
133070
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Vikhorevka gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13010
2319
3319
4329
5328
6328
7328
8327
9327
10326
11326
12325
13335
14335
15334
16344
17344
18344
19353
20353
21363
22363
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24372
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26382
27381
28391
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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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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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 5:42 AM to 4:47 AM, and sunset from 8:43 PM to 9:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:428:43
215.15:408:45
315.25:378:47
415.25:358:49
515.35:338:51
615.45:318:53
715.45:288:55
815.55:268:57
915.65:248:59
1015.75:229:01
1115.75:209:03
1215.85:189:05
1315.95:169:07
1415.95:149:09
1516.05:129:11
1616.05:109:13
1716.15:089:15
1816.25:079:17
1916.25:059:18
2016.35:039:20
2116.35:019:22
2216.45:009:24
2316.54:589:25
2416.54:579:27
2516.64:559:29
2616.64:549:30
2716.74:529:32
2816.74:519:34
2916.84:509:35
3016.84:489:37
3116.84:479:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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65.4Bright
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vikhorevka?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vikhorevka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vikhorevka in May

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

In May, Vikhorevka sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Vikhorevka 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 Vikhorevka peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 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 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Vikhorevka 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 Vikhorevka is worst in June — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 17.2× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1930 µg/m³Dec 162 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan4Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr14Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Vikhorevka?

Vikhorevka sits at 56.1°N, 101.2°E, 375 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Bratsk, 27 km away.

Topography around Vikhorevka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vikhorevka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 372 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 701 m.

The land around Vikhorevka is covered by trees (51%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (86%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
452 m
80 km
701 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Bratsk 27 km · Chunskiy 96 km · Tulun 177 km · Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy 189 km · Nizhneudinsk 191 km · Tayshet 199 km · Ust’-Ilimsk 227 km · Sayansk 232 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 Vikhorevka (56.1213°, 101.1777°, elevation 375 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).