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Moscow in May: every year compared

In May, Moscow averages highs of 18.3 °C and lows of 8.0 °C, with 57 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2010 (16.7 °C), the coldest 1941 (6.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 18.3 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 8.0 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 57 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Moscow.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Moscow, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86 (−0.5 °C vs normal).

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2025 · 12.8 °C · −0.5 °C vs normal · rank 35 of 86

Warmest years

1201016.7 °C
2197916.5 °C
3196316.4 °C
4201316.4 °C
5196716.3 °C

Coldest years

119416.8 °C
219808.1 °C
319458.4 °C
419998.6 °C
519659.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	12.8 °C	17.7 °C	7.2 °C	62 mm	0 days	1 day	2 cm	13 days
2024	11.9 °C	16.9 °C	5.7 °C	27 mm	0 days	4 days	1 cm	7 days
2023	12.1 °C	17.1 °C	6.1 °C	29 mm	0 days	4 days	0 cm	5 days
2022	10.2 °C	14.5 °C	5.4 °C	78 mm	0 days	2 days	0 cm	13 days
2021	13.9 °C	18.7 °C	8.5 °C	80 mm	1 day	0 days	0 cm	11 days
2020	11.3 °C	15.6 °C	6.9 °C	117 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	19 days
2019	16.0 °C	21.5 °C	10.2 °C	52 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	14 days
2018	15.5 °C	20.9 °C	9.1 °C	34 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	6 days
2017	10.3 °C	15.3 °C	4.7 °C	69 mm	0 days	4 days	4 cm	10 days
2016	14.3 °C	19.3 °C	8.6 °C	52 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2015	14.0 °C	19.0 °C	8.4 °C	93 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	14 days
2014	15.5 °C	20.8 °C	9.8 °C	61 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	8 days
2013	16.4 °C	21.6 °C	11.4 °C	77 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	11 days
2012	14.8 °C	20.1 °C	9.4 °C	36 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2011	14.4 °C	19.3 °C	9.1 °C	38 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2010	16.7 °C	21.6 °C	11.8 °C	57 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	10 days
2009	13.6 °C	18.8 °C	7.9 °C	41 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	11 days
2008	11.1 °C	15.5 °C	6.1 °C	74 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	12 days
2007	15.6 °C	20.9 °C	10.0 °C	40 mm	5 days	4 days	0 cm	9 days
2006	12.2 °C	17.2 °C	6.7 °C	59 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	16 days
2005	14.7 °C	19.2 °C	10.0 °C	75 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2004	11.2 °C	16.0 °C	6.1 °C	67 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	14 days
2003	15.0 °C	20.3 °C	9.6 °C	53 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	9 days
2002	12.3 °C	18.0 °C	6.3 °C	26 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	7 days
2001	11.1 °C	15.5 °C	6.4 °C	113 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	19 days
2000	10.7 °C	15.8 °C	4.9 °C	17 mm	0 days	6 days	1 cm	4 days
1999	8.6 °C	12.9 °C	3.9 °C	49 mm	0 days	7 days	0 cm	11 days
1998	13.4 °C	18.1 °C	8.8 °C	99 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1997	11.2 °C	15.7 °C	6.0 °C	44 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1996	15.9 °C	21.1 °C	10.6 °C	44 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1995	14.4 °C	19.5 °C	8.8 °C	47 mm	1 day	1 day	0 cm	9 days
1994	9.9 °C	14.2 °C	5.5 °C	68 mm	0 days	1 day	2 cm	15 days
1993	14.3 °C	19.9 °C	8.5 °C	24 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	7 days
1992	11.7 °C	16.6 °C	6.3 °C	39 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	9 days
1991	13.4 °C	17.8 °C	9.0 °C	47 mm	0 days	2 days	0 cm	13 days
1990	10.5 °C	15.3 °C	5.6 °C	66 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	15 days
1989	13.3 °C	18.0 °C	8.4 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1988	13.4 °C	18.6 °C	7.9 °C	52 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1987	12.3 °C	17.3 °C	7.2 °C	118 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	17 days
1986	13.1 °C	18.2 °C	7.6 °C	33 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	7 days
1985	12.8 °C	17.9 °C	7.2 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 days	1 cm	10 days
1984	15.9 °C	21.5 °C	10.5 °C	23 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	5 days
1983	15.2 °C	19.7 °C	10.4 °C	24 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	4 days
1982	11.5 °C	15.6 °C	7.2 °C	70 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1981	13.5 °C	18.7 °C	8.1 °C	42 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1980	8.1 °C	11.7 °C	4.5 °C	101 mm	0 days	1 day	2 cm	19 days
1979	16.5 °C	22.2 °C	10.6 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	6 days
1978	10.4 °C	14.9 °C	5.7 °C	72 mm	0 days	2 days	0 cm	13 days
1977	13.9 °C	18.6 °C	8.8 °C	71 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1976	10.5 °C	14.5 °C	6.4 °C	119 mm	0 days	3 days	0 cm	18 days
1975	15.7 °C	21.4 °C	9.4 °C	54 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1974	9.5 °C	13.1 °C	5.5 °C	137 mm	0 days	2 days	3 cm	18 days
1973	12.8 °C	17.2 °C	8.0 °C	60 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1972	12.4 °C	17.5 °C	6.9 °C	66 mm	0 days	5 days	0 cm	14 days
1971	12.4 °C	17.2 °C	6.7 °C	28 mm	0 days	2 days	1 cm	7 days
1970	12.1 °C	17.2 °C	6.4 °C	25 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1969	10.6 °C	15.0 °C	5.7 °C	67 mm	0 days	2 days	0 cm	13 days
1968	12.0 °C	16.4 °C	6.7 °C	56 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	9 days
1967	16.3 °C	21.8 °C	10.7 °C	46 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	8 days
1966	14.8 °C	19.5 °C	9.3 °C	55 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1965	9.2 °C	13.2 °C	4.9 °C	84 mm	0 days	3 days	8 cm	16 days
1964	11.0 °C	14.9 °C	6.6 °C	72 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1963	16.4 °C	21.9 °C	10.3 °C	16 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	6 days
1962	12.5 °C	16.7 °C	8.0 °C	95 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	16 days
1961	11.6 °C	15.9 °C	6.8 °C	59 mm	0 days	3 days	0 cm	6 days
1960	11.5 °C	15.8 °C	6.4 °C	66 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	12 days
1959	11.5 °C	15.2 °C	7.4 °C	68 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	19 days
1958	12.6 °C	17.1 °C	8.2 °C	68 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	15 days
1957	14.1 °C	18.5 °C	9.8 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1956	10.2 °C	14.3 °C	6.2 °C	168 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	18 days
1955	9.9 °C	13.9 °C	5.6 °C	106 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	18 days
1954	12.7 °C	17.2 °C	8.1 °C	40 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	14 days
1953	11.2 °C	15.5 °C	6.8 °C	61 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1952	10.2 °C	14.5 °C	5.5 °C	40 mm	0 days	3 days	0 cm	11 days
1951	9.6 °C	13.3 °C	5.5 °C	82 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	12 days
1950	11.7 °C	16.2 °C	6.7 °C	62 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	12 days
1949	14.5 °C	19.8 °C	9.6 °C	80 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1948	15.3 °C	20.4 °C	10.2 °C	77 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	13 days
1947	10.6 °C	15.3 °C	5.3 °C	34 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	6 days
1946	11.0 °C	15.4 °C	6.3 °C	73 mm	0 days	0 days	0 cm	11 days
1945	8.4 °C	12.2 °C	3.7 °C	70 mm	0 days	4 days	0 cm	13 days
1944	11.4 °C	15.6 °C	6.7 °C	74 mm	0 days	2 days	0 cm	12 days
1943	12.6 °C	16.9 °C	8.1 °C	58 mm	0 days	1 day	0 cm	14 days
1942	10.8 °C	15.0 °C	6.0 °C	61 mm	0 days	7 days	0 cm	9 days
1941	6.8 °C	10.7 °C	2.9 °C	83 mm	0 days	6 days	4 cm	13 days
1940	10.2 °C	15.1 °C	4.9 °C	34 mm	0 days	6 days	0 cm	9 days

May records

Hottest day

33.1 °C

May 29, 2007 estimate

Coldest night

-4.5 °C

May 1, 1978 estimate

Wettest day

63 mm

May 22, 1956 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Moscow in May?

Highs average 18.3 °C and lows 8.0 °C. A typical May brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 1 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Moscow in May?

About 57 mm falls in May, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 1956 (168 mm), the driest 1963 (16 mm).

What was the warmest May in Moscow?

2010, with a mean temperature of 16.7 °C. The coldest was 1941 (6.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 35 of 86.