Gatchina Weather in May
Gatchina in May
The short of it: Gatchina in May averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 17 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 49 mm · daylight 17 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Gatchina an average May high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 49 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 16°, with nights near 5°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 17 h 0 min in mid-May, 155 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Gatchina runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Kommunar, 16 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
May in Gatchina, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 13 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KommunarLeningradskaya Oblast' | 16 km ENE | 16° | 5° | 46 mm |
| Krasnoye SeloSt.-Petersburg | 18 km N | 16° | 5° | 45 mm |
| PavlovskSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | 16° | 6° | 44 mm |
| PushkinSt.-Petersburg | 21 km NE | 16° | 6° | 44 mm |
| GorelovoSt.-Petersburg | 22 km N | 16° | 6° | 44 mm |
| VyritsaLeningradskaya Oblast' | 22 km SSE | 16° | 5° | 49 mm |
| SiverskiyLeningradskaya Oblast' | 25 km S | 17° | 5° | 49 mm |
| Sosnovaya PolyanaSt.-Petersburg | 29 km N | 16° | 6° | 42 mm |