Climate averages 1991–2020
Barnaul weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Barnaul: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biysk (135 km away). In May its highs average 18.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Barnaul, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Barnaul ranks joint 93rd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 87th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Barnaul is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 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
Barnaul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.0°C-19.9°C | -19.9°C | 24 | 7.0 | 8.18 h |
| February | -9.8°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 20 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 24 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 36 | 7.9 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 80 | 12.2 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 54 | 10.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 44 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 49 | 10.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -10.0°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 7.68 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
- Biysk in MayRussia · 135 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Berdsk in MayRussia · 160 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Novosibirsk in MayRussia · 192 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Kisilevsk in MayRussia · 205 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Kiselëvsk in MayRussia · 205 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Belovo in MayRussia · 206 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Prokop’yevsk in MayRussia · 207 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in MayRussia · 215 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.1°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 Barnaul) is explained once on the Barnaul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.