Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirov 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 Kirov: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 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 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirovo-Chepetsk (22 km away). In May its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Kirov, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kirov ranks joint 188th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 121st of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Kirov is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 70 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
Kirov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 38 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
| February | -8.4°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| March | -1.6°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 8.9 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 10.6 | 16.817 h |
| June | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 12.4 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 11.7 | 17.618 h |
| August | 19.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 11.2 | 15.415 h |
| September | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 56 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 5.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 10.310 h |
| November | -2.6°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 47 | 10.8 | 7.98 h |
| December | -7.2°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 44 | 11.9 | 6.56 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
- Kirovo-Chepetsk in MayRussia · 22 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Glazov in MayRussia · 182 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Yoshkar-Ola in MayRussia · 242 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Izhevsk in MayRussia · 286 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Novocheboksarsk in MayRussia · 306 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Votkinsk in MayRussia · 309 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Cheboksary in MayRussia · 310 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Zelenodolsk in MayRussia · 314 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 46 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 Kirov) is explained once on the Kirov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.