Yaransk weather in May

In May, Yaransk sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 10.1 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yaransk's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yaransk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
3:37 AM – 7:52 PM
Cloud cover
63%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Yaransk is town in Kirov Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,086/km²
people per km²
Founded
1584

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 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yaransk reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1144
2154
3154
4155
5165
6165
7165
8165
9166
10176
11176
12176
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How May really feels in Yaransk

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.

Yaransk 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° / -14°3610.412.47.10.0
Feb-7° / -13°3089.790.0
Mar-0° / -8°368.98.611.40.0
Apr / 4092.913.92.0
May17° / 4910.10.416.25.5
Jun21° / 11°7512.6017.56.1
Jul24° / 13°8011.60176.7
Aug21° / 12°6310.80156.3
Sep15° / 5810.90.212.54.2
Oct / 6211.63100.9
Nov-1° / -6°4410.17.97.70.0
Dec-6° / -11°4110.612.26.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24258
34258
44258
54258
64258
74357
84357
94357
104357
114258
124258
134258
144357
154357
164258
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184159
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234060
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274060
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294060
304060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yaransk gets around 49 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 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1304
2303
3303
4302
5302
6302
7312
8312
9312
10322
11322
12321
13321
14321
15321
16331
17331
18331
19331
20331
21341
22341
23341
24341
25350
26350
27360
28360
29370
30380
31380

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
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109820
119820
129820
139730
149730
159730
169640
179640
189640
199550
209550
219460
229460
239361
249271
259271
269181
279181
289091
299091
3089101
3189101

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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of May to 17 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:11 AM to 3:13 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 8:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:117:21
215.24:087:23
315.34:067:25
415.44:037:27
515.54:017:29
615.53:597:32
715.63:567:34
815.73:547:36
915.83:527:38
1015.83:507:40
1115.93:487:42
1216.03:457:44
1316.03:437:46
1416.13:417:48
1516.23:397:50
1616.23:377:52
1716.33:357:54
1816.43:337:56
1916.43:327:58
2016.53:308:00
2116.63:288:02
2216.63:268:04
2316.73:248:06
2416.73:238:07
2516.83:218:09
2616.93:208:11
2716.93:188:13
2817.03:178:14
2917.03:158:16
3017.13:148:18
3117.13:138:19

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.35 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.1Bright
85.1Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.2Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.3Bright
165.3Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.4Bright
205.4Bright
215.5Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yaransk?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yaransk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yaransk in May

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

In May, Yaransk sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yaransk 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 Yaransk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yaransk?

Yaransk sits at 57.3°N, 47.9°E, 127 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Sovetsk, 72 km away.

Topography around Yaransk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaransk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m.

The land around Yaransk is covered by trees (31%), grassland (30%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (38%), grassland (35%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
192 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sovetsk 72 km · Yoshkar-Ola 74 km · Medvedevo 75 km · Shakhun’ya 86 km · Kotel’nich 114 km · Koz’modem’yansk 134 km · Novocheboksarsk 135 km · Cheboksary 136 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 Yaransk (57.305°, 47.8739°, elevation 127 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).