Sochi Weather in May
Sochi in May
The short of it: Sochi in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 98 mm (3.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 13° · rain 98 mm · daylight 14 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & September
Thirty years of records give Sochi an average May high of 22°, a low of 13° and some 98 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 13°. Wet spells are common — about 98 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 41 min in mid-May, 79 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sochi runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Dagomys, 9 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Sochi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DagomysKrasnodar Krai | 9 km NNW | 21° | 12° | 102 mm |
| KhostaKrasnodar Krai | 15 km SE | 20° | 12° | 108 mm |
| KashtanyKrasnodar Krai | 16 km ESE | 21° | 12° | 108 mm |
| Gornoye LooKrasnodar Krai | 16 km NW | 21° | 13° | 96 mm |
| KudepstaKrasnodar Krai | 18 km SE | 21° | 13° | 103 mm |
| VardaneKrasnodar Krai | 20 km NW | 21° | 13° | 92 mm |
| Orël-IzumrudKrasnodar Krai | 22 km SE | 21° | 12° | 108 mm |
| MoldovkaKrasnodar Krai | 24 km SE | 21° | 12° | 102 mm |