Climate averages 1991–2020
Tambov weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Tambov: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Michurinsk (67 km away). In May its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Tambov, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Tambov ranks 46th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 132nd of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Tambov is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 69 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
Tambov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.0°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 41 | 10.2 | 8.28 h |
| February | -4.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 36 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.5°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 41 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 19.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 69 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 46 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.7°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 44 | 8.7 | 8.89 h |
| December | -3.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 10.3 | 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.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Michurinsk in MayRussia · 67 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Lipetsk in MayRussia · 128 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Balashov in MayRussia · 177 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Voronezh in MayRussia · 194 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Yelets in MayRussia · 198 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Ryazan’ in MayRussia · 239 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Penza in MayRussia · 244 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Novomoskovsk in MayRussia · 252 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 52 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 Tambov) is explained once on the Tambov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.