Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Vologda: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherepovets (113 km away). In May its highs average 14.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Vologda, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks joint 195th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 149th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Vologda is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May, selected | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in MayRussia · 113 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Rybinsk in MayRussia · 144 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Kostroma in MayRussia · 173 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Yaroslavl in MayRussia · 177 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Kineshma in MayRussia · 238 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Ivanovo in MayRussia · 255 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Kovrov in MayRussia · 330 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Sergiyev Posad in MayRussia · 340 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.