Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsk weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Orsk: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (13 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Orsk, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orsk ranks 24th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Orsk is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 29 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
Orsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.6°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 23 | 6.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.1°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 5.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | -0.8°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 35 | 6.7 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 29 | 6.1 | 16.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 29 | 5.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 21 | 4.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 31 | 6.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 25 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| December | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 25 | 6.7 | 8.08 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
- Novotroitsk in MayRussia · 13 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Aktobe in MayKazakhstan · 139 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Orenburg in MayRussia · 242 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Magnitogorsk in MayRussia · 243 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Salavat in MayRussia · 296 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Ishimbay in MayRussia · 297 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Beloretsk in MayRussia · 304 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Sterlitamak in MayRussia · 318 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°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 Orsk) is explained once on the Orsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.