Climate averages 1991–2020
Mineralnye Vody 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 Mineralnye Vody: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 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 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pyatigorsk (19 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 1.7°C cooler than Mineralnye Vody, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Mineralnye Vody ranks joint 22nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and 211th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Mineralnye Vody is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 68 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
Mineralnye Vody climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 27 | 7.4 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 27 | 6.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 47 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 69 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 68 | 10.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 52 | 8.2 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 50 | 7.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 48 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 7.7 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.5°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 32 | 7.8 | 8.99 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
- Pyatigorsk in MayRussia · 19 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 28 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MayRussia · 29 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Kislovodsk in MayRussia · 47 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Cherkessk in MayRussia · 87 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MayRussia · 106 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Stavropol in MayRussia · 130 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Nazran in MayRussia · 171 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 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 Mineralnye Vody) is explained once on the Mineralnye Vody year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.