Climate averages 1991–2020
Kropotkin weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kropotkin: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Armavir (65 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kropotkin, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kropotkin ranks joint 5th of 236 for the warmest May highs and 213th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Kropotkin is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 69 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
Kropotkin 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-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 51 | 10.8 | 9.19 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 51 | 9.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 69 | 10.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 29.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 53 | 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
- Armavir in MayRussia · 65 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Maykop in MayRussia · 99 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Stavropol in MayRussia · 118 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Krasnodar in MayRussia · 132 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MayRussia · 140 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Cherkessk in MayRussia · 178 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Bataysk in MayRussia · 199 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Azov in MayRussia · 206 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.8°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 Kropotkin) is explained once on the Kropotkin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.