Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarov weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sarov: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arzamas (60 km away). In May its highs average 17.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sarov, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sarov ranks joint 85th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 50th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Sarov is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 66 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
Sarov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 39 | 11.3 | 7.98 h |
| February | -5.2°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 36 | 8.7 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.6°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 | 11.7 | 17.217 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 73 | 11.4 | 16.817 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 58 | 10.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 0.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 45 | 9.6 | 8.58 h |
| December | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 45 | 10.9 | 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
- Arzamas in MayRussia · 60 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Murom in MayRussia · 107 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Dzerzhinsk in MayRussia · 144 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Saransk in MayRussia · 147 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Nizhniy Novgorod in MayRussia · 159 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Kovrov in MayRussia · 201 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Penza in MayRussia · 224 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Vladimir in MayRussia · 226 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 54 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 Sarov) is explained once on the Sarov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.