Zernograd weather in May

In May, Zernograd sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 61 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zernograd's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zernograd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:50 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Zernograd is human settlement in Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Density
2,368/km²
people per km²
Founded
1929

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zernograd reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Zernograd

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.

Zernograd weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°489.85.48.80.0
Feb / -5°398.34.6100.0
Mar / 4710.23.211.61.3
Apr16° / 4290.113.35.0
May22° / 12°6110.4014.86.7
Jun27° / 16°519.3015.66.6
Jul30° / 19°417.7015.35.6
Aug29° / 18°365.60146.2
Sep23° / 12°355.9012.47.6
Oct16° / 457.70.210.65.1
Nov / 407.71.69.21.1
Dec / -3°4994.18.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zernograd gets around 61 mm of rain over 10.4 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29640
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1087121
1186131
1284151
1382162
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 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
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:12 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:127:20
214.25:107:21
314.25:097:23
414.35:077:24
514.35:067:25
614.45:047:27
714.45:027:28
814.55:017:29
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1014.64:587:32
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zernograd?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zernograd for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zernograd in May

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

In May, Zernograd sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zernograd 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 Zernograd peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zernograd 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 Zernograd is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1715 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun13Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zernograd?

Zernograd sits at 46.8°N, 40.3°E, 80 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yegorlykskaya, 41 km away.

Topography around Zernograd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zernograd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m.

The land around Zernograd is covered by cropland (43%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
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80 km
134 m
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May weather nearby: Yegorlykskaya 41 km · Bagayevskaya 53 km · Bataysk 53 km · Aksay 57 km · Kushchyovskaya 61 km · Rostov-on-Don 62 km · Novocherkassk 66 km · Azov 74 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 Zernograd (46.8486°, 40.3116°, elevation 80 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).