Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in May.
A cold, moderately wet 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 cold month in Murmansk: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 21 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In May its highs average 10.9°C, 3.4°C warmer than Murmansk, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks 230th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 87th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Murmansk is 9.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 65 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
Murmansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.3°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 24 | 7.8 | 2.12 h |
| February | -8.0°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 20 | 6.6 | 7.47 h |
| March | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 8.1 | 11.612 h |
| April | 2.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 9.3 | 15.916 h |
| May, selected | 7.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 12.4 | 21.421 h |
| June | 12.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 65 | 12.5 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 23.423 h |
| August | 14.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| September | 9.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| October | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| November | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 29 | 8.2 | 4.54 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 27 | 8.7 | 0.00 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
- Oulu in MayFinland · 550 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Severodvinsk in MayRussia · 572 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Arkhangel’sk in MayRussia · 590 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Luleå in MaySweden · 601 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kuopio in MayFinland · 718 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Joensuu in MayFinland · 724 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in MayRussia · 1013 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Moscow in MayRussia · 1487 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 58 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 Murmansk) is explained once on the Murmansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.