Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhnevartovsk weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Nizhnevartovsk: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surgut (172 km away). In May its highs average 9.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Nizhnevartovsk, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhnevartovsk ranks 227th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 113th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Nizhnevartovsk is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 69 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
Nizhnevartovsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.1°C-22.7°C | -22.7°C | 20 | 7.5 | 6.57 h |
| February | -14.6°C-20.1°C | -20.1°C | 18 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| March | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 36 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| May, selected | 10.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 53 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 11.5 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.1 | 18.318 h |
| August | 17.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 91 | 13.9 | 15.816 h |
| September | 10.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 64 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 1.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 50 | 12.8 | 10.110 h |
| November | -9.3°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 38 | 10.1 | 7.47 h |
| December | -14.4°C-20.3°C | -20.3°C | 28 | 9.4 | 5.76 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
- Surgut in MayRussia · 172 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Nefteyugansk in MayRussia · 214 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in MayRussia · 258 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Khanty-Mansiysk in MayRussia · 406 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Tobolsk in MayRussia · 557 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Novyy Urengoy in MayRussia · 573 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Seversk in MayRussia · 680 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Omsk in MayRussia · 687 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 36 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 Nizhnevartovsk) is explained once on the Nizhnevartovsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.