Yaroslavl weather in May

In May, Yaroslavl sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.2 wet days and about 16.3 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 23% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yaroslavl's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yaroslavl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:07 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
64%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Yaroslavl is city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,958/km²
people per km²
Founded
1010

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 Yaroslavl reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°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 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1144
2154
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How May really feels in Yaroslavl

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.

Yaroslavl 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-6° / -11°4010.812.170.0
Feb-5° / -11°328.59.890.0
Mar / -7°348.88.111.40.0
Apr10° / 399.22.8142.1
May17° / 5711.20.416.35.2
Jun21° / 11°7812.1017.66.0
Jul23° / 13°8113.1017.16.3
Aug21° / 11°72120156.1
Sep15° / 6010.60.212.54.2
Oct / 6011.63.1101.0
Nov-0° / -4°4810.57.77.70.0
Dec-4° / -9°4010.7116.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43862
53862
63862
73862
83862
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103862
113961
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153961
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yaroslavl gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.2 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1323
2322
3332
4332
5342
6342
7352
8352
9352
10362
11362
12362
13372
14372
15372
16382
17381
18381
19381
20381
21381
22371
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24370
25370
26370
27360
28360
29360
30360
31360

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
510000
69910
79910
89910
99820
109820
119820
129730
139640
149640
159550
169550
179460
189460
199271
209271
219181
229181
239082
248992
258992
268893
278893
288893
298893
308794
318794

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
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912light 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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 120 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:41 AM to 3:42 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 8:53 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:417:54
215.34:397:56
315.44:367:58
415.44:348:01
515.54:328:03
615.64:298:05
715.74:278:07
815.74:258:09
915.84:228:11
1015.94:208:14
1116.04:188:16
1216.04:168:18
1316.14:148:20
1416.24:128:22
1516.24:098:24
1616.34:078:26
1716.44:058:28
1816.44:048:30
1916.54:028:32
2016.64:008:34
2116.63:588:36
2216.73:568:38
2316.83:548:40
2416.83:538:42
2516.93:518:43
2616.93:498:45
2717.03:488:47
2817.03:468:49
2917.13:458:50
3017.13:448:52
3117.23:428:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
24.7Bright
34.8Bright
44.8Bright
54.8Bright
64.9Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
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125.0Bright
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155.1Bright
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yaroslavl?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.2
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yaroslavl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yaroslavl in May

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

In May, Yaroslavl sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yaroslavl 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 Yaroslavl peaks around July 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yaroslavl?

Yaroslavl sits at 57.6°N, 39.9°E, 103 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tutayev, 34 km away.

Topography around Yaroslavl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yaroslavl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m.

The land around Yaroslavl is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (41%), grassland (22%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
167 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Tutayev 34 km · Gavrilov-Yam 36 km · Nerekhta 46 km · Rostov Veliky 56 km · Kostroma 64 km · Danilov 65 km · Rybinsk 77 km · Volgorechensk 80 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 Yaroslavl (57.6299°, 39.8737°, elevation 103 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).