Zherdevka weather in May

In May, Zherdevka sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 51 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zherdevka's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zherdevka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:28 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
58%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Zherdevka is human settlement in Zherdevsky District, Tambov Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1745

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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zherdevka reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°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)
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How May really feels in Zherdevka

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.

Zherdevka 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-5° / -10°429.6108.10.0
Feb-4° / -10°348.47.99.60.0
Mar / -5°378.96.811.50.1
Apr13° / 418113.63.8
May21° / 10°519.4015.46.5
Jun24° / 14°6210.5016.46.9
Jul27° / 16°529.40166.8
Aug26° / 14°356.6014.47.4
Sep19° / 528.10.112.46.2
Oct11° / 4890.910.42.7
Nov / -3°408.14.48.60.0
Dec-3° / -8°439.99.17.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24753
34753
44753
54753
64753
74852
84753
94654
104654
114654
124555
134654
144555
154654
164654
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zherdevka gets around 51 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
125
226
326
427
528
628
729
829
930
1030
1131
1231
1332
1432
1532
1632
1732
1832
1932
2032
2132
2232
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2432
2532
2632
2732
2832
2932
3032
3132

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79820
89730
99730
109640
119640
129550
139550
149460
159370
169370
179280
189280
199190
209091
2189101
2288111
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2487121
2587121
2685132
2785132
2884142
2984142
3083152
3182153

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 8:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.64:547:28
214.64:537:30
314.74:517:32
414.74:497:33
514.84:477:35
614.94:457:37
714.94:437:38
815.04:417:40
915.04:407:42
1015.14:387:43
1115.14:367:45
1215.24:357:46
1315.34:337:48
1415.34:317:50
1515.44:307:51
1615.44:287:53
1715.54:277:54
1815.54:257:56
1915.64:247:57
2015.64:227:59
2115.74:218:00
2215.74:208:02
2315.74:188:03
2415.84:178:04
2515.84:168:06
2615.94:158:07
2715.94:148:08
2815.94:138:10
2916.04:128:11
3016.04:118:12
3116.14:108:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Zherdevka?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zherdevka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zherdevka in May

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

In May, Zherdevka sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Zherdevka 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 Zherdevka peaks around June 21 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zherdevka 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 Zherdevka is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1915 µg/m³Dec 196 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr11Good
May6Good
Jun8Good
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zherdevka?

Zherdevka sits at 51.9°N, 41.5°E, 119 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Gribanovskiy, 57 km away.

Topography around Zherdevka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zherdevka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m.

The land around Zherdevka is covered by grassland (36%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
131 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Gribanovskiy 57 km · Uvarovo 57 km · Borisoglebsk 70 km · Anna 82 km · Kotovsk 82 km · Povorino 91 km · Rasskazovo 95 km · Tambov 98 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 Zherdevka (51.8543°, 41.4549°, elevation 119 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).