Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th 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 Derbent: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Derbent, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks joint 62nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Derbent is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 28 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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 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
- Kaspiysk in MayRussia · 105 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MayRussia · 120 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Mingachevir in MayAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Yevlakh in MayAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 191 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MayAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MayAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Ganja in MayAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 96 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.