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Moscow in May

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Moscow is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Moscow is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
16h 16mon average

Is May a good time to visit Moscow?

May sits outside Moscow's best months, which run from June to August. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in May, against 25°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in May, against -4°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in May, against 32% to 44% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in May, against 47% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

16h 16m in May, against 7h 06m to 17h 27m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April51°11°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May66°19°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June74°23°low 54°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Moscow sits, in May

Europe/Moscow
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:19 AMsets 8:32 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
55.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Saint Petersburg635 km north-west

The land around Moscow, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Russia in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Moscow

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Moscow. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.