Yoshkar-Ola weather in May

In May, Yoshkar-Ola sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 16.1 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 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of May to 17 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yoshkar-Ola's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yoshkar-Ola's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
3:41 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Yoshkar-Ola is capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia.

Density
2,672/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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yoshkar-Ola reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°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 26°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)
1154
2155
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4165
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How May really feels in Yoshkar-Ola

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.

Yoshkar-Ola 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° / -13°3910.612.77.20.0
Feb-7° / -13°328.49.99.10.0
Mar / -7°378.8911.40.0
Apr10° / 4092.813.92.1
May18° / 499.90.216.15.6
Jun22° / 11°6611.7017.46.3
Jul24° / 14°7311.3016.96.8
Aug22° / 12°6210.3014.96.4
Sep15° / 5810.80.212.54.4
Oct / 6111.52.7101.1
Nov-1° / -5°4510.38.47.80.0
Dec-6° / -11°4310.811.96.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64456
74357
84357
94357
104357
114258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yoshkar-Ola gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1303
2303
3302
4302
5302
6301
7311
8311
9321
10321
11321
12321
13321
14321
15321
16331
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21330
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24330
25330
26340
27340
28340
29350
30350
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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109820
119820
129820
139820
149730
159730
169730
179640
189640
199550
209550
219460
229460
239370
249370
259280
269091
279091
2889101
2989101
3088111
3188111

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 06 min at the start of May to 17 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:13 AM to 3:17 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 8:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:137:18
215.24:117:20
315.24:087:22
415.34:067:24
515.44:047:27
615.44:027:29
715.53:597:31
815.63:577:33
915.73:557:35
1015.73:537:37
1115.83:517:39
1215.93:497:41
1315.93:477:43
1416.03:457:45
1516.13:437:47
1616.13:417:49
1716.23:397:51
1816.33:377:52
1916.33:357:54
2016.43:337:56
2116.43:327:58
2216.53:308:00
2316.63:288:02
2416.63:278:03
2516.73:258:05
2616.73:248:07
2716.83:228:08
2816.83:218:10
2916.93:208:12
3016.93:188:13
3117.03:178:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
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95.2Bright
105.2Bright
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255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yoshkar-Ola?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yoshkar-Ola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yoshkar-Ola in May

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

In May, Yoshkar-Ola sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yoshkar-Ola 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 Yoshkar-Ola?

Yoshkar-Ola sits at 56.6°N, 47.9°E, 94 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Medvedevo, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Yoshkar-Ola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yoshkar-Ola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Yoshkar-Ola is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
229 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Medvedevo 5.0 km · Novocheboksarsk 64 km · Cheboksary 69 km · Yaransk 74 km · Koz’modem’yansk 89 km · Volzhsk 91 km · Zelenodolsk 97 km · Vasil’yevo 103 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 Yoshkar-Ola (56.6388°, 47.8908°, elevation 94 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).