Climate averages 1991–2020
Bender weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bender: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (12 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Bender, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bender ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 22.1°C; Bender is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 63 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
Bender climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 34 | 6.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 46 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 63 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 45 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 33 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 8.69 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
- Tiraspol in MayMoldova · 12 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Chisinau in MayMoldova · 51 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Odesa in MayUkraine · 104 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Iaşi in MayRomania · 147 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bălţi in MayMoldova · 156 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Galaţi in MayRomania · 190 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MayUkraine · 192 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 198 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 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 Bender) is explained once on the Bender year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.