Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather
in May.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cold month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 48 min on an average May day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks 232nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 208th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 11.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 63 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
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.0°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 115 | 12.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 92 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | -3.4°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 114 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 96 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 5.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 68 | 9.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 11.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 16.817 h |
| July | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 72 | 9.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 16.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 106 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 12.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 108 | 10.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 139 | 12.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 135 | 11.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 117 | 10.9 | 7.78 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.
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May in nearby cities
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 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is explained once on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.