Climate averages 1991–2020
Cherkessk weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Cherkessk: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevinnomyssk (46 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Cherkessk, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Cherkessk ranks joint 54th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 232nd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Cherkessk is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Cherkessk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.6°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 63 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 108 | 14.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 121 | 13.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 76 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 69 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 48 | 8.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.6 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nevinnomyssk in MayRussia · 46 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Kislovodsk in MayRussia · 64 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MayRussia · 68 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MayRussia · 82 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MayRussia · 87 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Stavropol in MayRussia · 90 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Armavir in MayRussia · 113 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 114 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 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 Cherkessk) is explained once on the Cherkessk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.