Irkutsk Weather in May
Irkutsk in May
The short of it: Irkutsk in May averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 28 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 15 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 3° · rain 28 mm · daylight 15 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Irkutsk an average May high of 18°, a low of 3° and some 28 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 18°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 28 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 42 min in mid-May, 111 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Irkutsk runs about middling and drier than most in May. Dzerzhinsk, 7 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
May in Irkutsk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 14 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DzerzhinskIrkutsk Oblast | 7 km ESE | 18° | 3° | 29 mm |
| PivovarikhaIrkutsk Oblast | 11 km ESE | 17° | 3° | 30 mm |
| MarkovaIrkutsk Oblast | 11 km SSW | 18° | 3° | 31 mm |
| SmolenshchinaIrkutsk Oblast | 12 km WSW | 18° | 3° | 31 mm |
| NovolisikhaIrkutsk Oblast | 13 km SE | 17° | 3° | 30 mm |
| ShelekhovIrkutsk Oblast | 16 km SW | 18° | 4° | 31 mm |
| Pad’ Mel’nichnayaIrkutsk Oblast | 16 km SSE | 16° | 3° | 30 mm |
| UrikIrkutsk Oblast | 19 km N | 18° | 3° | 27 mm |