Voronezh weather in May

In May, Voronezh sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 50 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Voronezh's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Voronezh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
50 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:38 AM – 8:01 PM
Cloud cover
57%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Voronezh is capital city of Voronezh Oblast in central Russia.

Density
1,756/km²
people per km²
Founded
1586

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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Voronezh reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Voronezh

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.

Voronezh 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° / -9°409.89.78.10.0
Feb-3° / -9°358.889.60.0
Mar / -4°389.16.511.50.1
Apr13° / 407.8113.63.8
May21° / 10°509.6015.46.5
Jun24° / 14°559.8016.37.0
Jul26° / 16°5810.1015.96.7
Aug25° / 14°396.8014.47.4
Sep19° / 488012.46.2
Oct11° / 509.30.910.42.7
Nov / -2°4084.18.60.1
Dec-2° / -7°419.37.97.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
35050
45149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Voronezh gets around 50 mm of rain over 9.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
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425
526
626
727
828
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1131
1232
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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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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59820
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79730
89640
99640
109550
119460
129370
139370
149280
159190
1690100
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2086131
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2284142
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2483152
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2682153
2781163
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3081163
3180173

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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 4:20 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 8:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:047:37
214.65:027:38
314.75:007:40
414.74:587:42
514.84:567:43
614.84:557:45
714.94:537:47
815.04:517:48
915.04:497:50
1015.14:487:52
1115.14:467:53
1215.24:447:55
1315.24:437:56
1415.34:417:58
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1615.44:388:01
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2215.74:308:10
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2916.04:228:19
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.48 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Voronezh?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Voronezh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Voronezh in May

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

In May, Voronezh sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Voronezh 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 Voronezh peaks around June 21 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Voronezh 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 Voronezh is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1817 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May9Good
Jun12Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Voronezh?

Voronezh sits at 51.7°N, 39.2°E, 148 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Pridonskoy, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Voronezh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Voronezh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m.

The land around Voronezh is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
122 m
80 km
191 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Pridonskoy 9.0 km · Semiluki 11 km · Novaya Usman’ 15 km · Novovoronezh 39 km · Usman’ 56 km · Rossosh’ 77 km · Liski 79 km · Bobrov 86 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 Voronezh (51.6683°, 39.192°, elevation 148 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).