Climate averages 1991–2020
Balashov weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Balashov: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambov (177 km away). In May its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Balashov, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balashov ranks joint 38th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 97th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Balashov is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 60 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
Balashov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -4.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 1.2°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 8.6 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 9.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 45 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 8.5 | 8.99 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 44 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Tambov in MayRussia · 177 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Saratov in MayRussia · 195 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Engels in MayRussia · 203 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Penza in MayRussia · 221 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Kamyshin in MayRussia · 226 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Michurinsk in MayRussia · 237 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Lipetsk in MayRussia · 273 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Voronezh in MayRussia · 275 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 49 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 Balashov) is explained once on the Balashov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.