Climate averages 1991–2020

Ulyanovsk weather
in May.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.7°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 8.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 44 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a mild month in Ulyanovsk: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 00 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dimitrovgrad (81 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, 1.2°C warmer than Ulyanovsk, with 44 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ulyanovsk ranks joint 97th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 45th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Ulyanovsk is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 62 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ulyanovsk climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ulyanovsk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -7.7°C-12.4°C-12.4°C308.48.08 h
February -7.5°C-12.6°C-12.6°C267.39.710 h
March -1.3°C-7.1°C-7.1°C307.611.812 h
April 9.1°C0.3°C0.3°C387.314.014 h
May, selected 17.7°C8.6°C8.6°C448.616.016 h
June 22.1°C14.0°C14.0°C6210.417.117 h
July 24.1°C16.4°C16.4°C599.816.617 h
August 22.2°C14.8°C14.8°C579.314.915 h
September 16.1°C9.6°C9.6°C538.812.813 h
October 7.9°C3.0°C3.0°C489.610.611 h
November -0.5°C-4.2°C-4.2°C358.38.69 h
December -5.9°C-10.3°C-10.3°C328.97.47 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

Distance from Ulyanovsk

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ulyanovsk) is explained once on the Ulyanovsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.