Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulan-Ude weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Ulan-Ude: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Irkutsk (232 km away). In May its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Ulan-Ude, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ulan-Ude ranks joint 142nd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Ulan-Ude is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 44 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
Ulan-Ude climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.9°C-27.2°C | -27.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 8.48 h |
| February | -9.3°C-23.8°C | -23.8°C | 2.9 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 17.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 31 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 53 | 9.6 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 68 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 6.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | -4.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 9.3 | 3.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | -13.7°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 6.6 | 2.4 | 7.98 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
- Irkutsk in MayRussia · 232 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Angarsk in MayRussia · 264 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Darhan in MayMongolia · 286 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in MayRussia · 288 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 3.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Erdenet in MayMongolia · 398 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Chita in MayRussia · 405 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Ulan Bator in MayMongolia · 439 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Bratsk in MayRussia · 618 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 38 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 Ulan-Ude) is explained once on the Ulan-Ude year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.