Yeniseysk weather in May

In May, Yeniseysk sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yeniseysk's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yeniseysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
52 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:34 AM – 9:02 PM
Cloud cover
72%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Yeniseysk is town in Yeniseysk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
1,328/km²
people per km²
Founded
1619

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 10°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yeniseysk reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Yeniseysk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 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
15
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Yeniseysk 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-16° / -23°258.812.36.80.0
Feb-12° / -20°207.29.88.90.0
Mar-3° / -13°2689.611.40.0
Apr / -4°409.66140.7
May14° / 5211.31.216.43.9
Jun21° / 10°5210.8017.86.3
Jul24° / 13°5710017.36.9
Aug20° / 11°6311015.16.1
Sep13° / 6412.30.412.53.2
Oct / -3°5713.78.59.90.2
Nov-8° / -14°4812.814.67.50.0
Dec-15° / -21°3511.715.36.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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72278
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yeniseysk gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 36% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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4369
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15364
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 18 min at the start of May to 17 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 126 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 9:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.35:098:28
215.45:068:30
315.55:048:33
415.65:018:35
515.64:598:37
615.74:568:40
715.84:548:42
815.94:528:44
916.04:498:46
1016.04:478:49
1116.14:458:51
1216.24:428:53
1316.34:408:55
1416.34:388:57
1516.44:368:59
1616.54:349:02
1716.54:319:04
1816.64:299:06
1916.74:279:08
2016.74:259:10
2116.84:249:12
2216.94:229:14
2316.94:209:16
2417.04:189:18
2517.14:169:20
2617.14:159:22
2717.24:139:23
2817.24:119:25
2917.34:109:27
3017.34:089:29
3117.44:079:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Yeniseysk?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yeniseysk.

What to pack for Yeniseysk in May

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

In May, Yeniseysk sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yeniseysk 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 Yeniseysk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Yeniseysk 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 Yeniseysk is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 12.3× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodJul 1720 µg/m³Dec 172 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul21Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct5Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yeniseysk?

Yeniseysk sits at 58.5°N, 92.2°E, 90 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lesosibirsk, 30 km away.

Topography around Yeniseysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yeniseysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Yeniseysk is covered by trees (50%) and water (21%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
134 m
80 km
585 m
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May weather nearby: Lesosibirsk 30 km · Zheleznogorsk 258 km · Achinsk 263 km · Sosnovoborsk 268 km · Krasnoyarsk 272 km · Berëzovka 274 km · Divnogorsk 278 km · Nazarovo 291 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 Yeniseysk (58.4507°, 92.1724°, elevation 90 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).