Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaliningrad weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Kaliningrad: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elbląg (94 km away). In May its highs average 16.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kaliningrad, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kaliningrad ranks joint 109th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 161st of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Kaliningrad is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 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
Kaliningrad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 47 | 10.8 | 7.98 h |
| February | 2.0°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 40 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 5.9°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 44 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 17.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 58 | 11.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 89 | 13.1 | 16.717 h |
| August | 22.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 76 | 12.5 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 59 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 60 | 11.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 6.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 11.1 | 8.59 h |
| December | 2.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 49 | 11.4 | 7.47 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
- Elbląg in MayPoland · 94 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Olsztyn in MayPoland · 103 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Klaipėda in MayLithuania · 118 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Gdańsk in MayPoland · 126 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Gdynia in MayPoland · 129 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Grudziądz in MayPoland · 178 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Kaunas in MayLithuania · 219 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Šiauliai in MayLithuania · 224 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 57 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 Kaliningrad) is explained once on the Kaliningrad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.