Samara Weather in May
Samara in May
The short of it: Samara in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 15 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 8° · rain 39 mm · daylight 15 h 50 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Samara an average May high of 22°, a low of 8° and some 39 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 10° from April to about 22°, with nights near 8°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 6th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 50 min in mid-May, 116 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Samara runs about middling and drier than most in May. Rozhdestveno, 6 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Samara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 10° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RozhdestvenoSamara Oblast | 6 km WNW | 21° | 8° | 38 mm |
| SmyshlyayevkaSamara Oblast | 17 km ENE | 23° | 8° | 41 mm |
| NovokuybyshevskSamara Oblast | 18 km SW | 23° | 8° | 36 mm |
| Petra-DubravaSamara Oblast | 18 km ENE | 22° | 8° | 44 mm |
| Petrova DubravaSamara Oblast | 18 km NE | 22° | 8° | 44 mm |
| NovosemeykinoSamara Oblast | 23 km NE | 22° | 8° | 44 mm |
| AlekseyevkaSamara Oblast | 24 km E | 23° | 8° | 41 mm |
| VolzhskiySamara Oblast | 25 km N | 21° | 8° | 43 mm |