Climate averages 1991–2020
Kurgan weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kurgan: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shadrinsk (128 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kurgan, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kurgan ranks joint 85th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 40th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Kurgan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 53 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
Kurgan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.6°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 17 | 5.5 | 7.88 h |
| February | -9.4°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 15 | 4.6 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.4°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 23 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.6°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 28 | 6.8 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 43 | 8.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 53 | 9.6 | 17.417 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 78 | 11.1 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 54 | 10.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 36 | 8.6 | 10.511 h |
| November | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 6.8 | 8.48 h |
| December | -9.5°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 23 | 6.6 | 7.27 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
- Shadrinsk in MayRussia · 128 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Tyumen in MayRussia · 190 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Kamensk-Ural’skiy in MayRussia · 238 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Kopeysk in MayRussia · 239 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in MayRussia · 250 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Petropavl in MayKazakhstan · 250 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Kostanay in MayKazakhstan · 272 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Troitsk in MayRussia · 285 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 42 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 Kurgan) is explained once on the Kurgan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.