Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Astrakhan, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks 1st of 236 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Astrakhan is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 20 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in MayRussia · 291 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Atyrau in MayKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 363 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Volzhsky in MayRussia · 365 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Volgograd in MayRussia · 374 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MayRussia · 377 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Grozny in MayRussia · 385 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in MayRussia · 387 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 24 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.