Climate averages 1991–2020
Arkhangel’sk weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Arkhangel’sk: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 18 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Severodvinsk (35 km away). In May its highs average 9.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Arkhangel’sk, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arkhangel’sk ranks 223rd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 132nd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Arkhangel’sk is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 69 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
Arkhangel’sk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 31 | 9.2 | 5.35 h |
| February | -7.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 23 | 7.5 | 8.48 h |
| March | -2.5°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 27 | 8.5 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 33 | 8.3 | 15.115 h |
| May, selected | 11.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 55 | 10.8 | 18.519 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 21.221 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.920 h |
| August | 17.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 81 | 12.3 | 16.517 h |
| September | 11.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 65 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 4.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 13.0 | 9.810 h |
| November | -2.3°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 6.56 h |
| December | -5.5°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 36 | 10.5 | 4.24 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
- Severodvinsk in MayRussia · 35 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Petrozavodsk in MayRussia · 437 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Joensuu in MayFinland · 575 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Murmansk in MayRussia · 590 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Vologda in MayRussia · 593 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Syktyvkar in MayRussia · 607 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Cherepovets in MayRussia · 618 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Ukhta in MayRussia · 647 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 53 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 Arkhangel’sk) is explained once on the Arkhangel’sk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.