Zelenogorsk weather in May

In May, Zelenogorsk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 19°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 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zelenogorsk's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zelenogorsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:37 AM – 8:39 PM
Cloud cover
71%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Zelenogorsk is human settlement in Zelenogorsk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
3,243/km²
people per km²
Founded
1956

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 12°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zelenogorsk reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1120
2120
3120
4121
5131
6131
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9142
10142
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12152
13153
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22175
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30196
31197

How May really feels in Zelenogorsk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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
14
wind chill below the day's low

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

Zelenogorsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-14° / -22°134.36.67.30.0
Feb-10° / -20°124.36.19.10.0
Mar-1° / -13°175.46.511.40.0
Apr / -4°318.54.213.81.2
May15° / 5111.31164.5
Jun22° / 10°5410.3017.26.5
Jul24° / 13°6310.5016.76.7
Aug21° / 10°5910.7014.96.2
Sep14° / 5411.70.312.53.7
Oct / -3°4110.54.810.10.6
Nov-5° / -13°31910.57.90.0
Dec-12° / -20°268.110.96.80.0

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 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32575
42575
52575
62674
72674
82674
92773
102872
112872
122971
132971
143070
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303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Zelenogorsk gets around 51 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 37% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1348
2348
3357
4367
5367
6367
7366
8366
9365
10365
11364
12364
13364
14363
15363
16362
17362
18362
19362
20361
21361
22361
23361
24371
25371
26370
27370
28370
29370
30370
31370

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
191000
201000
21991
22991
23991
24991
25982
26982
27982
28973
29973
30964
31964

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
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
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1212calm
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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 5:08 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 9:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.05:088:09
215.15:068:11
315.25:048:14
415.25:018:16
515.34:598:18
615.44:578:20
715.44:558:22
815.54:538:24
915.64:518:26
1015.74:488:28
1115.74:468:30
1215.84:448:31
1315.84:428:33
1415.94:408:35
1516.04:398:37
1616.04:378:39
1716.14:358:41
1816.24:338:43
1916.24:318:45
2016.34:308:46
2116.34:288:48
2216.44:268:50
2316.54:258:52
2416.54:238:53
2516.64:228:55
2616.64:208:57
2716.74:198:58
2816.74:179:00
2916.84:169:01
3016.84:159:03
3116.84:149:04

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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285.8Bright
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305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zelenogorsk?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zelenogorsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zelenogorsk in May

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

In May, Zelenogorsk sees daytime highs around 15°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 Zelenogorsk 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 Zelenogorsk peaks around June 21 at about 6 (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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Zelenogorsk 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 Zelenogorsk is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 7.3× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodApr 1716 µg/m³Dec 153 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb6Good
Mar8Good
Apr17Moderate
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct6Good
Nov4Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zelenogorsk?

Zelenogorsk sits at 56.1°N, 94.6°E, 187 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Borodino, 30 km away.

Topography around Zelenogorsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zelenogorsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m around an average of 220 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m.

The land around Zelenogorsk is covered by trees (74%) within 3 km, trees (74%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
232 m
16 km
462 m
80 km
584 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Borodino 30 km · Zheleznogorsk 67 km · Kansk 71 km · Sosnovoborsk 77 km · Berëzovka 91 km · Ilanskiy 93 km · Krasnoyarsk 103 km · Divnogorsk 138 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 Zelenogorsk (56.1092°, 94.587°, elevation 187 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).