Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnoyarsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Krasnoyarsk: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia (44 km away). In May its highs average 15.3°C, about as warm as Krasnoyarsk, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnoyarsk ranks joint 195th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 68th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Krasnoyarsk is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 55 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
Krasnoyarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.5°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 7.78 h |
| February | -9.4°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 9.510 h |
| March | -1.5°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 17 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 31 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 15.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 48 | 11.3 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 55 | 10.4 | 17.518 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 41 | 10.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -4.5°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 31 | 9.4 | 8.38 h |
| December | -11.1°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 26 | 8.1 | 7.17 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in MayRussia · 44 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Zelenogorsk in MayRussia · 103 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Achinsk in MayRussia · 153 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Kansk in MayRussia · 174 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Chernogorsk in MayRussia · 267 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Minusinsk in MayRussia · 271 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Abakan in MayRussia · 276 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Mezhdurechensk in MayRussia · 406 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 94 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 Krasnoyarsk) is explained once on the Krasnoyarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.