Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Elista: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Elista, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Elista is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 39 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
Elista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 43 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 29 | 5.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 29 | 6.4 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 | 8.79 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
- Volgodonsk in MayRussia · 208 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Stavropol in MayRussia · 227 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 248 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MayRussia · 249 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MayRussia · 259 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Volgograd in MayRussia · 268 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MayRussia · 268 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MayRussia · 274 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 128 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 Elista) is explained once on the Elista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.