Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 34th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Makhachkala is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 38 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in MayRussia · 16 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 80 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Derbent in MayRussia · 120 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Grozny in MayRussia · 152 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Sunzha in MayRussia · 202 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Nazran in MayRussia · 223 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in MayRussia · 230 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Mingachevir in MayAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 64 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.