Climate averages 1991–2020
Novokuznetsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Novokuznetsk: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prokop’yevsk (33 km away). In May its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Novokuznetsk, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novokuznetsk ranks joint 150th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 161st of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Novokuznetsk is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 67 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
Novokuznetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.5°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 32 | 8.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.7°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 24 | 7.1 | 9.710 h |
| March | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 29 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 16.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.916 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 12.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 76 | 12.7 | 16.517 h |
| August | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 67 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 59 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 59 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 61 | 13.0 | 8.69 h |
| December | -9.9°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 50 | 12.2 | 7.58 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
- Prokop’yevsk in MayRussia · 33 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Kiselëvsk in MayRussia · 40 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Kisilevsk in MayRussia · 42 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Mezhdurechensk in MayRussia · 61 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Belovo in MayRussia · 92 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in MayRussia · 118 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Biysk in MayRussia · 188 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Kemerovo in MayRussia · 190 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 51 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 Novokuznetsk) is explained once on the Novokuznetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.