Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladikavkaz weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Vladikavkaz: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazran (22 km away). In May its highs average 19.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Vladikavkaz, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladikavkaz ranks joint 81st of 236 for the warmest May highs and 236th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Vladikavkaz is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Vladikavkaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 70 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 103 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 157 | 21.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 216 | 22.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 22.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 169 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nazran in MayRussia · 22 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Sunzha in MayRussia · 44 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Grozny in MayRussia · 88 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MayGeorgia · 151 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MayRussia · 157 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 157 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Rustavi in MayGeorgia · 166 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MayRussia · 172 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 108 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 Vladikavkaz) is explained once on the Vladikavkaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.