Climate averages 1991–2020
Dzerzhinsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Dzerzhinsk: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizhniy Novgorod (35 km away). In May its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Dzerzhinsk, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Dzerzhinsk ranks joint 117th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 63rd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Dzerzhinsk is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 72 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
Dzerzhinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 35 | 10.4 | 7.68 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.510 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 31 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 38 | 8.7 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 47 | 9.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 72 | 12.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 72 | 11.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 66 | 10.5 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 55 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 62 | 11.6 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 43 | 9.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.4°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.07 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
- Nizhniy Novgorod in MayRussia · 35 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Arzamas in MayRussia · 97 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Murom in MayRussia · 117 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Kovrov in MayRussia · 132 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Sarov in MayRussia · 144 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kineshma in MayRussia · 155 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Ivanovo in MayRussia · 174 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Vladimir in MayRussia · 189 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 54 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 Dzerzhinsk) is explained once on the Dzerzhinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.