Climate averages 1991–2020
Volzhsky weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry 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 Volzhsky: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry 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 Volgograd (22 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Volzhsky, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volzhsky ranks 3rd of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 28th of 236 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Volzhsky is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 31 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
Volzhsky 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-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 30 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 25 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 30 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 22.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 31 | 6.4 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 5.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 21 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| September | 22.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 24 | 6.0 | 9.29 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 32 | 7.9 | 8.38 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
- Volgograd in MayRussia · 22 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Kamyshin in MayRussia · 152 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Volgodonsk in MayRussia · 241 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Elista in MayRussia · 278 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Engels in MayRussia · 315 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Saratov in MayRussia · 318 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Balashov in MayRussia · 328 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in MayRussia · 337 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.1°C · 57 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 Volzhsky) is explained once on the Volzhsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.