Climate averages 1991–2020
Grozny weather
in May.
A mild, moderately 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 Grozny: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunzha (52 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Grozny, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Grozny ranks 7th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 214th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Grozny is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 76 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
Grozny climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 33 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 33 | 7.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 47 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 57 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 21.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 74 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 76 | 9.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 61 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 61 | 7.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 48 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 40 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 31 | 7.4 | 9.09 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
- Sunzha in MayRussia · 52 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 73 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Nazran in MayRussia · 75 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in MayRussia · 88 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MayRussia · 152 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in MayRussia · 165 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MayGeorgia · 193 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 201 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 Grozny) is explained once on the Grozny year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.