Climate averages 1991–2020
Obninsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Obninsk: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naro-Fominsk (32 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Obninsk, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Obninsk ranks joint 131st of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 197th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Obninsk is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 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
Obninsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.0°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 38 | 9.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.5°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 35 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 1.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 40 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 17.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 63 | 11.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.317 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 85 | 13.1 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 59 | 10.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 1.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 44 | 9.4 | 8.58 h |
| December | -3.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.37 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
- Naro-Fominsk in MayRussia · 32 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Chekhov in MayRussia · 54 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Serpukhov in MayRussia · 55 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Kaluga in MayRussia · 68 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Podolsk in MayRussia · 69 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Novo-Peredelkino in MayRussia · 75 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Odintsovo in MayRussia · 75 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Obruchevo in MayRussia · 84 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.3°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 Obninsk) is explained once on the Obninsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.