Yuzhnyy weather in May

In May, Yuzhnyy sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yuzhnyy's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yuzhnyy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
50 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
4:33 AM – 8:09 PM
Cloud cover
60%
4th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Yuzhnyy is human settlement in Barnaul Urban District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
8,064/km²
people per km²
Founded
1959

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 Yuzhnyy reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°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 5°C cooler than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 2 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
2
wind chill below the day's low

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

Yuzhnyy weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-12° / -20°247.19.17.90.0
Feb-9° / -18°205.97.19.40.0
Mar-1° / -11°246.76.811.50.0
Apr10° / -1°368.12.213.62.5
May19° / 509.90.415.65.9
Jun24° / 12°6310.5016.66.8
Jul26° / 15°8012016.26.5
Aug23° / 12°549.8014.66.9
Sep17° / 449.60.112.45.3
Oct / -0°449.83.210.31.7
Nov-2° / -10°4910.99.78.40.0
Dec-9° / -17°3810.312.27.40.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33961
44060
54159
64159
74258
84357
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104357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Yuzhnyy gets around 50 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 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1314
2314
3303
4303
5303
6293
7293
8292
9292
10292
11302
12302
13311
14321
15331
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17341
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19351
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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 98% 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
410000
510000
610000
710000
810000
910000
1010000
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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 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 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:01 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 8:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:017:44
214.84:597:45
314.84:577:47
414.94:557:49
515.04:537:51
615.04:517:52
715.14:497:54
815.14:487:56
915.24:467:58
1015.34:447:59
1115.34:428:01
1215.44:408:03
1315.44:388:04
1415.54:378:06
1515.54:358:08
1615.64:338:09
1715.74:328:11
1815.74:308:13
1915.84:298:14
2015.84:278:16
2115.94:268:17
2215.94:248:19
2316.04:238:20
2416.04:228:22
2516.04:208:23
2616.14:198:25
2716.14:188:26
2816.24:178:28
2916.24:168:29
3016.34:158:30
3116.34:148:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Yuzhnyy?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yuzhnyy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yuzhnyy in May

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

In May, Yuzhnyy sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yuzhnyy in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yuzhnyy peaks around May 21 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 21UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Yuzhnyy 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 Yuzhnyy is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1517 µg/m³Dec 166 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May11Good
Jun9Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep8Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Yuzhnyy?

Yuzhnyy sits at 53.3°N, 83.7°E, 213 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Novosilikatnyy, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Yuzhnyy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yuzhnyy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Yuzhnyy is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
99 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
213 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Novosilikatnyy 8.0 km · Barnaul 12 km · Novoaltaysk 24 km · Tal’menka 64 km · Zarinsk 97 km · Aleysk 104 km · Suzun 109 km · Cherepanovo 110 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 Yuzhnyy (53.2542°, 83.6936°, elevation 213 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).