Yelabuga weather in May

In May, Yelabuga sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Yelabuga's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yelabuga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
3:29 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Yelabuga is town in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Density
1,772/km²
people per km²
Founded
1007

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yelabuga reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Yelabuga

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.

Yelabuga 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-9° / -14°339.311.97.40.0
Feb-8° / -14°277.99.39.20.0
Mar-1° / -8°328.58.811.40.0
Apr10° / 347.52.213.82.2
May19° / 459.40.215.96.0
Jun23° / 12°5910.1017.26.7
Jul25° / 14°5910.7016.76.9
Aug22° / 13°649.8014.86.6
Sep16° / 519.90.112.54.8
Oct / 5110.62.310.11.3
Nov-1° / -6°419.67.880.0
Dec-7° / -12°3810.211.76.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24357
34357
44555
54555
64555
74555
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94654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yelabuga gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1272
2271
3271
4271
5281
6281
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8291
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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210000
310000
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510000
610000
79910
89910
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219730
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249541
259451
269451
279361
289271
299181
309091
3189101

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 4:00 AM to 3:06 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:006:58
215.03:577:00
315.13:557:02
415.23:537:04
515.33:517:06
615.33:497:08
715.43:467:10
815.53:447:12
915.53:427:14
1015.63:407:16
1115.73:387:18
1215.73:367:20
1315.83:347:22
1415.93:327:24
1515.93:307:26
1616.03:297:28
1716.03:277:29
1816.13:257:31
1916.23:237:33
2016.23:227:35
2116.33:207:37
2216.33:187:38
2316.43:177:40
2416.43:157:42
2516.53:147:43
2616.53:127:45
2716.63:117:46
2816.63:107:48
2916.73:087:49
3016.73:077:51
3116.83:067:52

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 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 5.86 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 Yelabuga?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yelabuga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yelabuga in May

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

In May, Yelabuga sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yelabuga 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 Yelabuga peaks around June 22 at about 5 (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 22UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Yelabuga?

Yelabuga sits at 55.8°N, 52.0°E, 87 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Nizhnekamsk, 20 km away.

Topography around Yelabuga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yelabuga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 107 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 256 m.

The land around Yelabuga is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (31%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (44%), cropland (26%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%), trees (30%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
256 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Nizhnekamsk 20 km · Mendeleyevsk 22 km · Naberezhnyye Chelny 24 km · Zainsk 49 km · Menzelinsk 66 km · Mozhga 77 km · Vyatskiye Polyany 80 km · Kukmor 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 Yelabuga (55.7623°, 52.0442°, elevation 87 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).