Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiy Novgorod 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.
May is a mild month in Velikiy Novgorod: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gatchina (134 km away). In May its highs average 15.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Velikiy Novgorod, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiy Novgorod ranks joint 176th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 197th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Velikiy Novgorod is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 92 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
Velikiy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 45 | 11.4 | 7.17 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March | 1.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 44 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 63 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 92 | 12.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 86 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 82 | 12.1 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.310 h |
| November | 1.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 68 | 12.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -1.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 12.4 | 6.56 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
- Gatchina in MayRussia · 134 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Pushkin in MayRussia · 142 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Kolpino in MayRussia · 142 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in MayRussia · 167 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Peterhof in MayRussia · 170 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Pskov in MayRussia · 189 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MayRussia · 246 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Tartu in MayEstonia · 265 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 53 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 Velikiy Novgorod) is explained once on the Velikiy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.