Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sochi: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sochi, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks joint 49th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 219th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Sochi is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Adler in MayRussia · 25 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Maykop in MayRussia · 116 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Krasnodar in MayRussia · 172 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Armavir in MayRussia · 191 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Cherkessk in MayRussia · 199 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 201 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MayRussia · 211 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Kropotkin in MayRussia · 215 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 73 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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.