Orhei Weather in May
Orhei in May
The short of it: Orhei in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 50 mm · daylight 15 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Orhei an average May high of 22°, a low of 11° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 11°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 5 min in mid-May, 92 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Orhei runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Cocieri, 24 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Orhei, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CocieriDubăsari District | 24 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 47 mm |
| UstiaDubăsari District | 27 km ESE | 23° | 11° | 47 mm |
| CricovaChișinău Municipality | 28 km S | 23° | 11° | 48 mm |
| CiorescuChișinău Municipality | 29 km S | 23° | 11° | 48 mm |
| DubăsariTransnistria | 29 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 47 mm |
| LungaTransnistria | 32 km ESE | 23° | 11° | 47 mm |
| CriuleniCriuleni | 32 km SE | 23° | 11° | 47 mm |
| StrășeniStrășeni | 32 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 50 mm |