Climate averages 1991–2020
Sterlitamak weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sterlitamak: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ishimbay (22 km away). In May its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Sterlitamak, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sterlitamak ranks 65th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 97th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Sterlitamak is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 55 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
Sterlitamak 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-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 39 | 9.7 | 8.18 h |
| February | -7.6°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 34 | 7.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | -0.6°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.1°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 40 | 8.3 | 14.014 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 51 | 9.7 | 15.916 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 55 | 10.7 | 17.017 h |
| July | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 53 | 9.4 | 16.517 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 60 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 49 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 8.79 h |
| December | -7.4°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 44 | 9.9 | 7.68 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
- Ishimbay in MayRussia · 22 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Salavat in MayRussia · 29 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Ufa in MayRussia · 123 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Beloretsk in MayRussia · 165 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Oktyabrsky in MayRussia · 187 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Krasnaya Glinka in MayRussia · 199 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Magnitogorsk in MayRussia · 204 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Orenburg in MayRussia · 216 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 35 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 Sterlitamak) is explained once on the Sterlitamak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.