Climate averages 1991–2020
Vorkuta weather
in May.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cold month in Vorkuta: daytime highs average 0.4°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes May a month with moderate precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 20 h 15 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novyy Urengoy (572 km away). In May its highs average 1.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Vorkuta, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vorkuta ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest May highs and joint 97th of 236 for the driest May (precipitation, lowest first). The mean May high of those 236 cities is 17.0°C; Vorkuta is 16.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 10.2°C to 10.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 51 mm to 63 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
Vorkuta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -18.4°C-24.3°C | -24.3°C | 30 | 9.1 | 3.64 h |
| February | -18.2°C-23.7°C | -23.7°C | 26 | 8.2 | 7.88 h |
| March | -11.5°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 34 | 10.0 | 11.612 h |
| April | -5.8°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 38 | 9.8 | 15.616 h |
| May, selected | 0.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 10.6 | 20.320 h |
| June | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 70 | 11.4 | 22.523 h |
| August | 12.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 13.0 | 17.417 h |
| September | 6.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 61 | 12.5 | 13.313 h |
| October | -1.8°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 65 | 14.9 | 9.49 h |
| November | -11.1°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 50 | 11.7 | 5.35 h |
| December | -15.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 43 | 11.2 | 1.11 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
- Novyy Urengoy in MayRussia · 572 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Ukhta in MayRussia · 647 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Noyabrsk in MayRussia · 711 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Khanty-Mansiysk in MayRussia · 762 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Yekaterinburg in MayRussia · 1197 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in MayRussia · 1380 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Omsk in MayRussia · 1474 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Ufa in MayRussia · 1482 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 54 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 Vorkuta) is explained once on the Vorkuta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.