Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterhof weather
in May.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Peterhof: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Petersburg (24 km away). In May its highs average 14.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Peterhof, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Peterhof ranks 215th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 68th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Peterhof is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 64 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
Peterhof climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 43 | 11.7 | 6.87 h |
| February | -3.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 39 | 8.9 | 14.515 h |
| May, selected | 13.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 17.117 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 64 | 10.6 | 18.719 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 18.018 h |
| August | 18.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| September | 13.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 63 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| November | 2.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 13.3 | 7.68 h |
| December | -1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 53 | 12.8 | 6.16 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
- Saint Petersburg in MayRussia · 24 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Pushkin in MayRussia · 34 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Gatchina in MayRussia · 36 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Kolpino in MayRussia · 41 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Vyborg in MayRussia · 111 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Lappeenranta in MayFinland · 161 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Velikiy Novgorod in MayRussia · 170 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Kouvola in MayFinland · 207 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°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 Peterhof) is explained once on the Peterhof year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.