Zheleznovodsk weather in May

In May, Zheleznovodsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 73 mm of precipitation across 12.2 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zheleznovodsk's 6th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zheleznovodsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Precipitation
73 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:47 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Zheleznovodsk is town in Stavropol Krai, Russia.

Density
560/km²
people per km²
Founded
1810

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 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zheleznovodsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°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 Zheleznovodsk

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.

Zheleznovodsk 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°287.47.19.10.0
Feb / -4°286.85.810.20.0
Mar / 5010.54.911.61.5
Apr15° / 5910.30.613.24.5
May21° / 11°7312.20.114.56.1
Jun26° / 15°7210.7015.26.6
Jul29° / 18°528.60156.0
Aug28° / 17°527.7013.86.4
Sep23° / 13°488.2012.37.1
Oct16° / 518.60.510.85.1
Nov / 367.63.39.41.3
Dec / -3°3486.28.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43763
53763
63763
73763
83763
93763
103961
114060
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134159
144258
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244357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zheleznovodsk gets around 73 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
340
440
540
640
740
840
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1040
1140
1239
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1438
1538
1638
1737
1837
1937
2037
2137
2238
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2438
2539
2639
2740
2840
2940
3040
3140

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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
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597300
697300
796400
895500
994600
1093700
1192800
1291900
13901000
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19791920
20782020
21772120
22742330
23732430
24722530
25702640
26682741
27662851
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29652951
30642961
31633061

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 13 h 54 min at the start of May to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 4:34 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:077:03
214.05:067:05
314.05:047:06
414.15:037:07
514.15:017:08
614.25:007:09
714.24:587:11
814.24:577:12
914.34:567:13
1014.34:557:14
1114.44:537:15
1214.44:527:16
1314.44:517:18
1414.54:507:19
1514.54:497:20
1614.64:477:21
1714.64:467:22
1814.64:457:23
1914.74:447:24
2014.74:437:25
2114.74:427:27
2214.84:417:28
2314.84:407:29
2414.84:407:30
2514.94:397:31
2614.94:387:32
2714.94:377:33
2815.04:367:34
2915.04:367:34
3015.04:357:35
3115.04:347:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zheleznovodsk?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zheleznovodsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zheleznovodsk in May

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

In May, Zheleznovodsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Zheleznovodsk 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 Zheleznovodsk peaks around July 11 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 9Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low

Air quality in Zheleznovodsk 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 Zheleznovodsk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2016 µg/m³Dec 198 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zheleznovodsk?

Zheleznovodsk sits at 44.1°N, 43.0°E, 530 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Lermontov, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Zheleznovodsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zheleznovodsk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m around an average of 573 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,093 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,078 m.

The land around Zheleznovodsk is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
476 m
16 km
1,093 m
80 km
3,078 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Lermontov 5.0 km · Inozemtsevo 9.0 km · Pyatigorsk 11 km · Mineralnye Vody 13 km · Svobody 14 km · Goryachevodskiy 15 km · Yessentuki 16 km · Yessentukskaya 17 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 Zheleznovodsk (44.1432°, 43.0048°, elevation 530 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).