Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunzha weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Sunzha: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (25 km away). In May its highs average 19.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Sunzha, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sunzha ranks joint 25th of 236 for the warmest May highs and 231st of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Sunzha is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 108 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
Sunzha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 30 | 7.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 71 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 67 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 52 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 7.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Nazran in MayRussia · 25 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in MayRussia · 44 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 157 mm rain
- Grozny in MayRussia · 52 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 125 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 157 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MayRussia · 180 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MayGeorgia · 182 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MayRussia · 183 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 69 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 Sunzha) is explained once on the Sunzha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.