Zimovniki weather in May

In May, Zimovniki sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 50 mm of rain across 8.8 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 25°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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zimovniki's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zimovniki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
50 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:41 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
56%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Zimovniki is human settlement in Zimovnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1898

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 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zimovniki 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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°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 Zimovniki

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.

Zimovniki 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-1° / -6°388.75.68.70.0
Feb / -6°317.84.9100.0
Mar / -1°419.13.111.61.0
Apr16° / 347.40.113.35.0
May22° / 12°508.8014.86.9
Jun28° / 17°387.8015.66.5
Jul31° / 19°356.4015.35.3
Aug30° / 18°264.30146.1
Sep23° / 12°335.5012.47.6
Oct15° / 407.40.210.64.8
Nov / 357.42.39.10.7
Dec / -4°408.84.78.40.0

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 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44852
54852
64852
74753
84753
94852
104852
114951
124852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zimovniki gets around 50 mm of rain over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
122
222
323
424
525
626
727
828
929
1029
1130
1230
1331
1431
1531
1631
1731
1831
1930
2030
2129
2229
2329
2428
2528
2628
2727
2827
2927
3026
3126

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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49730
59640
69640
79550
89460
99370
109181
119091
1289101
1388111
1487121
1585132
1684142
1783152
1882162
1980173
2079183
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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
214light breeze
313light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 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 5:03 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:037:12
214.25:017:13
314.34:597:15
414.34:587:16
514.44:567:18
614.44:557:19
714.54:537:20
814.54:527:22
914.54:507:23
1014.64:497:24
1114.64:477:26
1214.74:467:27
1314.74:457:28
1414.84:437:30
1514.84:427:31
1614.94:417:32
1714.94:397:33
1814.94:387:35
1915.04:377:36
2015.04:367:37
2115.14:357:38
2215.14:347:39
2315.14:337:41
2415.24:327:42
2515.24:317:43
2615.24:307:44
2715.34:297:45
2815.34:287:46
2915.34:277:47
3015.44:277:48
3115.44:267:49

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 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zimovniki?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zimovniki for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zimovniki in May

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

In May, Zimovniki sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki peaks around July 11 at about 8 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zimovniki 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 Zimovniki is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug8Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zimovniki?

Zimovniki sits at 47.1°N, 42.5°E, 65 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Orlovskiy, 44 km away.

Topography around Zimovniki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zimovniki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m.

The land around Zimovniki is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
86 m
80 km
170 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Orlovskiy 44 km · Volgodonsk 47 km · Tsimlyansk 63 km · Kotel’nikovo 74 km · Proletarsk 75 km · Sal’sk 103 km · Konstantinovsk 114 km · Semikarakorsk 132 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 Zimovniki (47.1462°, 42.4704°, elevation 65 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).