Climate averages 1991–2020
Kursk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kursk: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (89 km away). In May its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Kursk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kursk ranks joint 58th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 176th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Kursk is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 63 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
Kursk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| February | -3.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 37 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 40 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 54 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.98 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 (Kursk Oblast), Russia in MayRussia · 89 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Gubkin in MayRussia · 106 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in MayRussia · 124 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Belgorod in MayRussia · 128 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Sumy in MayUkraine · 132 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Orël in MayRussia · 138 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Yelets in MayRussia · 187 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Shostka in MayUkraine · 187 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 61 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 Kursk) is explained once on the Kursk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.