Volokolamsk weather in May

In May, Volokolamsk sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Volokolamsk's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Volokolamsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:32 AM – 8:33 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Volokolamsk is town and administrative center of Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast in central Russia.

Density
2,500/km²
people per km²
Founded
1135

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 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Volokolamsk reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 24°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)
1155
2155
3165
4165
5165
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8176
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10176
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How May really feels in Volokolamsk

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.

Volokolamsk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-4° / -10°369.8117.30.0
Feb-3° / -10°318.510.19.20.0
Mar / -5°339.27.711.40.0
Apr11° / 378.92.113.82.5
May17° / 6912.20.2165.3
Jun21° / 11°7812.4017.25.9
Jul23° / 14°8312.9016.76.3
Aug21° / 12°7311.6014.86.2
Sep16° / 6210.50.212.54.5
Oct / 5711.62.310.11.4
Nov / -3°4610.16.27.90.0
Dec-3° / -7°3810.610.56.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33862
43862
53862
63763
73862
83862
93664
103664
113565
123664
133664
143664
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224060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Volokolamsk gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 38% and peaks near 41% 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 (%)Snow chance (%)
1322
2322
3332
4341
5341
6351
7361
8361
9371
10371
11381
12381
13391
14391
15391
16401
17401
18400
19400
20410
21410
22410
23410
24410
25410
26400
27400
28400
29400
30390
31390

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109730
119640
129640
139550
149550
159460
169370
179370
189280
199181
209091
219091
229091
2389101
2489101
2588102
2688102
2788102
2888102
2988102
3087103
3187103

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
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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 5:03 AM to 4:09 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 8:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:038:04
215.15:018:06
315.24:588:08
415.24:568:10
515.34:548:12
615.44:528:14
715.44:508:16
815.54:478:18
915.64:458:20
1015.64:438:22
1115.74:418:24
1215.84:398:26
1315.84:378:28
1415.94:358:29
1516.04:338:31
1616.04:328:33
1716.14:308:35
1816.14:288:37
1916.24:268:39
2016.34:248:41
2116.34:238:42
2216.44:218:44
2316.44:208:46
2416.54:188:47
2516.54:178:49
2616.64:158:51
2716.64:148:52
2816.74:128:54
2916.74:118:55
3016.84:108:57
3116.84:098:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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34.8Bright
44.9Bright
54.9Bright
64.9Bright
74.9Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.1Bright
145.1Bright
155.1Bright
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175.1Bright
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205.2Bright
215.2Bright
225.3Bright
235.3Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Volokolamsk?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Volokolamsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Volokolamsk in May

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

In May, Volokolamsk sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Volokolamsk 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 Volokolamsk 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Volokolamsk?

Volokolamsk sits at 56.0°N, 36.0°E, 179 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tuchkovo, 57 km away.

Topography around Volokolamsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Volokolamsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 198 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m.

The land around Volokolamsk is covered by trees (31%), cropland (29%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, trees (52%), grassland (24%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
97 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
205 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Tuchkovo 57 km · Istra 57 km · Klin 58 km · Mozhaysk 59 km · Solnechnogorsk 64 km · gorod Solnetchnogorsk 65 km · Zvenigorod 65 km · Kubinka 68 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 Volokolamsk (56.0336°, 35.9694°, elevation 179 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).