Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhniy Novgorod weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Nizhniy Novgorod: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dzerzhinsk (35 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Nizhniy Novgorod, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 131st of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 54th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Nizhniy Novgorod is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 72 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
Nizhniy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.8°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 36 | 10.3 | 7.68 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 31 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | -0.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 32 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 9.8 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 44 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 | 7.07 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
- Dzerzhinsk in MayRussia · 35 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Arzamas in MayRussia · 104 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Murom in MayRussia · 149 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Sarov in MayRussia · 159 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kovrov in MayRussia · 165 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kineshma in MayRussia · 168 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Ivanovo in MayRussia · 200 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Cheboksary in MayRussia · 202 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 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 Nizhniy Novgorod) is explained once on the Nizhniy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.