May Rainfall and Precipitation in Russia
Monthly rainfall totals, rainy days and the driest cities across Russia in May.
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Best Places to Visit in Russia in May
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Monthly precipitation
0 mm (0 in) dry → 150 mm (5.9 in) wet
Marker color shows total monthly precipitation in May: pale blue is dry, deep blue is wet.
Regions in Russia
Drill down to May weather for any region in Russia.
- Altaysky Kray
- Amur Region
- Arkhangelsk Region
- Astrakhan Region
- Bashkortostan
- Belgorod Region
- Buryatia
- Chechen Republic
- Chelyabinsk Region
- Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Chuvashia
- Dagestan
- Ingushetia
- Irkutsk Region
- Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
- Kaliningrad Region
- Kalmykia
- Kaluga Region
- Kamchatka Region
- Karachay-Cherkessia
- Kemerovo Region
- Khabarovsk Region
- Khanty-Mansi Okrug
- Khasansky District
- Komi Republic
- Kostroma Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Kurgan Oblast
- Kursk Region
- Leningrad Region
- Magadan Oblast
- Mari El Republic
- Moscow region
- Murmansk Oblast
- Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Novgorod Region
- Novosibirsk Region
- Omsk Oblast
- Orenburg Region
- Oryol Oblast
- Penza Oblast
- Perm Krai
- Primorsky Krai
- Pskov Region
- Republic of Adygea
- Republic of Khakassia
- Republic of Mordovia
- Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
- Rostov Region
- Ryazan Oblast
- Samara Region
- Saratov Region
- Smolensk Region
- Stavropol Krai
- Sverdlovsk Region
- Tambov Oblast
- Tatarstan
- Tomsk Oblast
- Tula Region
- Tver Region
- Tyumen Oblast
- Udmurtia
- Ulyanovsk Oblast
- Vladimir Region
- Volgograd Region
- Vologda Region
- Yaroslavl Region
Popular cities in Russia
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- Adler
- Anadyr
- Anapa
- Arkhangelsk
- Astrakhan
- Barnaul
- Belgorod
- Blagoveshchensk
- Cheboksary
- Chelyabinsk
- Elista
- Estosadok
- Gelendzhik
- Grozny
- Innokentyevsky
- Irkutsk
- Izhevsk
- Kaliningrad
- Kaluga
- Kazan
- Kemerovo
- Khabarovsk
- Kostroma
- Krasnaya Polyana
- Krasnodar
- Krasnoyarsk
- Kurgan
- Kursk
- Lake Baikal
- Lazarevskoye
- Loo
- Magadan
- Magas
- Makhachkala
- Maykop
- Moscow
- Murmansk
- Nalchik
- Nizhniy Novgorod
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Novosibirsk
- Omsk
- Orenburg
- Penza
- Perm
- Petrozavodsk
- Pskov
- Pushkin
- Rostov on Don
- Saint Petersburg
- Samara
- Saransk
- Saratov
- Sevastopol
- Smolensk
- Sochi
- Suzdal
- Tolyatti
- Tomsk
- Tula
- Tver
- Tyumen
- Ufa
- Ulan-Ude
- Ulyanovsk
- Velikiy Novgorod
- Vladikavkaz
- Vladivostok
- Volgograd
- Vologda
- Voronezh
- Yaroslavl
- Yekaterinburg
- Yeysk
- Yoshkar-Ola
Russia precipitation in May: frequently asked questions
How much rainfall does Russia receive in May?
Saint Petersburg sees moderate rainfall in May, averaging around 56 mm (2.2 in). Most days stay dry, with the occasional shower.
How many days does it rain in Russia in May?
Expect around 12 days rainy days in Saint Petersburg during May.
Is May part of the rainy season in Russia?
Not really. May is outside the wettest stretch of the year in Russia.
What is the wettest city in May in Russia?
Looking at our data, Nikitino tops the wettest-cities list in Russia for May, with monthly rainfall averaging 213 mm (8.4 in).
What is the driest city in May in Russia?
The driest place is Wrangel Island with an average snowfall of 15 mm (0.6 in) according to our data.
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