Climate averages 1991–2020
Perm 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 Perm: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berezniki (159 km away). In May its highs average 13.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Perm, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Perm ranks joint 188th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 149th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Perm is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 81 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
Perm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.4°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 34 | 10.4 | 7.37 h |
| February | -9.1°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 27 | 8.1 | 9.39 h |
| March | -1.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 36 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 8.6 | 14.314 h |
| May, selected | 15.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 57 | 10.8 | 16.717 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 18.018 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 12.6 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 77 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| September | 13.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 12.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 5.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 62 | 12.5 | 10.410 h |
| November | -3.5°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 47 | 11.1 | 8.08 h |
| December | -8.6°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 39 | 10.5 | 6.67 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
- Berezniki in MayRussia · 159 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Votkinsk in MayRussia · 172 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Solikamsk in MayRussia · 186 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Chaykovskiy in MayRussia · 189 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Glazov in MayRussia · 212 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Nizhny Tagil in MayRussia · 219 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Izhevsk in MayRussia · 223 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Sarapul in MayRussia · 226 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 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 Perm) is explained once on the Perm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.