Climate averages 1991–2020
Volgograd weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Volgograd: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volzhsky (22 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Volgograd, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgograd ranks 4th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Volgograd is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 35 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
Volgograd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 31 | 8.0 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 26 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 31 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 35 | 6.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 23 | 4.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 33 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 25 | 6.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | -1.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 34 | 7.8 | 8.48 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
- Volzhsky in MayRussia · 22 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Kamyshin in MayRussia · 167 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Volgodonsk in MayRussia · 219 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Elista in MayRussia · 268 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in MayRussia · 315 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Engels in MayRussia · 329 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Balashov in MayRussia · 329 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Saratov in MayRussia · 332 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.8°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 Volgograd) is explained once on the Volgograd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.