Yelan’ weather in May

In May, Yelan’ sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 46 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 15 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yelan’'s 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yelan’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:23 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Yelan’ is human settlement in Yelansky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

Density
5,623/km²
people per km²
Founded
1691

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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yelan’ 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 14°C and 28°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)
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2197
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How May really feels in Yelan’

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.

Yelan’ weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°399.79.98.20.0
Feb-4° / -11°3388.29.70.0
Mar / -5°368.66.111.50.1
Apr14° / 378.11.113.54.0
May21° / 10°468.4015.36.7
Jun25° / 14°539.3016.27.0
Jul27° / 16°498.3015.86.7
Aug27° / 15°335.9014.37.3
Sep20° / 467012.46.6
Oct12° / 408.30.510.43.1
Nov / -3°378.54.48.70.1
Dec-3° / -8°429.597.80.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34852
44852
54951
64951
74951
84852
94852
104852
114852
124753
134753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yelan’ gets around 46 mm of rain over 8.4 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
125
225
325
426
526
627
727
828
928
1029
1130
1230
1331
1431
1531
1631
1731
1830
1930
2030
2129
2229
2328
2428
2528
2628
2728
2828
2928
3028
3128

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
29910
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119730
129730
139640
149640
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219280
229190
239091
2489101
2588111
2687121
2786131
2885141
2985141
3084151
3182162

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 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 15 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:48 AM to 4:05 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:487:17
214.54:467:18
314.64:447:20
414.74:427:21
514.74:407:23
614.84:397:25
714.84:377:26
814.94:357:28
914.94:347:29
1015.04:327:31
1115.04:307:33
1215.14:297:34
1315.14:277:36
1415.24:267:37
1515.24:247:39
1615.34:237:40
1715.34:217:42
1815.44:207:43
1915.44:187:44
2015.54:177:46
2115.54:167:47
2215.64:147:49
2315.64:137:50
2415.74:127:51
2515.74:117:53
2615.74:107:54
2715.84:097:55
2815.84:087:56
2915.84:077:58
3015.94:067:59
3115.94:058:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yelan’?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yelan’ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yelan’ in May

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

In May, Yelan’ sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Yelan’ in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yelan’ peaks around June 22 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Yelan’ 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 Yelan’ is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (September, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1815 µg/m³Sep 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr11Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug7Good
Sep6Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yelan’?

Yelan’ sits at 50.9°N, 43.7°E, 118 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Zhirnovsk, 73 km away.

Topography around Yelan’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yelan’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 124 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m.

The land around Yelan’ is covered by trees (37%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (71%) within 16 km, and cropland (73%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
192 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Zhirnovsk 73 km · Balashov 78 km · Kalininsk 80 km · Novoanninskiy 88 km · Kotovo 103 km · Mikhaylovka 105 km · Povorino 108 km · Uryupinsk 122 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 Yelan’ (50.9488°, 43.7371°, elevation 118 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).