Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnodar weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Krasnodar: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maykop (101 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Krasnodar, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnodar ranks 8th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 205th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Krasnodar is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 63 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
Krasnodar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 63 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 48 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 66 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 63 | 9.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 59 | 8.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 66 | 10.3 | 8.89 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
- Maykop in MayRussia · 101 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 102 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kropotkin in MayRussia · 132 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Armavir in MayRussia · 168 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Sochi in MayRussia · 172 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Yeysk in MayRussia · 191 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Adler in MayRussia · 195 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Kerch in MayUkraine · 199 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 29 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 Krasnodar) is explained once on the Krasnodar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.