Zima Weather in May
Zima in May
The short of it: Zima in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 15 h 56 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 17° · low 3° · rain 30 mm · daylight 15 h 56 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Zima an average May high of 17°, a low of 3° and some 30 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 8° from April to about 17°, with nights near 3°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 5th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 56 min in mid-May, 119 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, Zima runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Sayansk, 23 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Zima, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 17 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SayanskIrkutsk Oblast | 23 km NNE | 16° | 2° | 31 mm |
| Kimil’teyIrkutsk Oblast | 24 km N | 17° | 3° | 30 mm |
| Tyret’ PervayaIrkutsk Oblast | 33 km SSE | 18° | 3° | 29 mm |
| NovonukutskiyIrkutsk Oblast | 50 km ESE | 18° | 3° | 30 mm |
| ZalariIrkutsk Oblast | 50 km SE | 17° | 3° | 30 mm |
| KuytunIrkutsk Oblast | 58 km NW | 17° | 2° | 30 mm |
| BalaganskIrkutsk Oblast | 67 km E | 16° | 2° | 30 mm |
| Ust’-UdaIrkutsk Oblast | 70 km ENE | 17° | 2° | 30 mm |