Climate averages 1991–2020
Balakovo weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Balakovo: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vol’sk (28 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Balakovo, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balakovo ranks joint 34th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 14th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Balakovo is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 44 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
Balakovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 40 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | -6.0°C-11.5°C | -11.5°C | 31 | 7.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 36 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 7.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 39 | 7.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 25.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 37 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 33 | 7.3 | 8.99 h |
| December | -4.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 8.6 | 7.88 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
- Vol’sk in MayRussia · 28 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Engels in MayRussia · 131 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Syzran in MayRussia · 134 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Saratov in MayRussia · 136 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Kuznetsk in MayRussia · 146 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Chapayevsk in MayRussia · 167 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Novokuybyshevsk in MayRussia · 188 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tolyatti in MayRussia · 197 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 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 Balakovo) is explained once on the Balakovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.