Climate averages 1991–2020
Daugavpils weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Daugavpils: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (135 km away). In May its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Daugavpils, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Daugavpils ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 16.7°C; Daugavpils is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Daugavpils climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 41 | 11.0 | 7.78 h |
| February | -1.4°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 39 | 9.6 | 9.510 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 45 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 16.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 68 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 78 | 12.7 | 17.517 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 77 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 60 | 11.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 3.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 47 | 11.0 | 8.38 h |
| December | -0.5°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Novopolotsk in MayBelarus · 135 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MayLithuania · 137 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Polotsk in MayBelarus · 148 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Vilnius in MayLithuania · 155 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MayBelarus · 175 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Riga in MayLatvia · 190 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Kaunas in MayLithuania · 198 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Šiauliai in MayLithuania · 201 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Daugavpils) is explained once on the Daugavpils year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.