Climate averages 1991–2020
Birobidzhan weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Birobidzhan: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khabarovsk (164 km away). In May its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Birobidzhan, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Birobidzhan ranks joint 101st of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 223rd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Birobidzhan is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 108 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
Birobidzhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -14.8°C-28.3°C | -28.3°C | 6.4 | 1.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -8.9°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 10.110 h |
| March | -0.3°C-13.4°C | -13.4°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 17.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 92 | 12.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 182 | 15.0 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 173 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 99 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 8.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 55 | 7.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | -4.3°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 22 | 4.6 | 9.29 h |
| December | -14.6°C-25.9°C | -25.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 8.38 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
- Khabarovsk in MayRussia · 164 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Fujin in MayChina · 184 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Hegang in MayChina · 253 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Shuangyashan in MayChina · 271 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Baoshan (Heilongjiang), China in MayChina · 272 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Lingdong in MayChina · 282 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Jiamusi in MayChina · 295 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Youhao in MayChina · 320 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 75 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 Birobidzhan) is explained once on the Birobidzhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.