Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiye Luki weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Velikiye Luki: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitebsk (130 km away). In May its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Velikiye Luki, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiye Luki ranks joint 150th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 189th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Velikiye Luki is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 78 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
Velikiye Luki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 10.8 | 7.68 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 36 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| March | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 36 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| May, selected | 16.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 61 | 11.0 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 78 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.510 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 41 | 10.3 | 7.07 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
- Vitebsk in MayBelarus · 130 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Polotsk in MayBelarus · 145 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MayBelarus · 152 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Smolensk in MayRussia · 198 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Orsha in MayBelarus · 203 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Pskov in MayRussia · 212 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Velikiy Novgorod in MayRussia · 246 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MayLatvia · 254 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 68 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 Velikiye Luki) is explained once on the Velikiye Luki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.