Luninyets weather in May

In May, Luninyets sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 65 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Luninyets's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luninyets's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
5:25 AM – 8:53 PM
Cloud cover
63%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Luninyets is city in Belarus.

Density
429/km²
people per km²
Founded
1449

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Luninyets reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Luninyets

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Luninyets weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°358.66.780.0
Feb / -5°328.86.99.50.0
Mar / -1°3910.14.311.50.6
Apr13° / 449.6113.63.8
May19° / 6512.4015.45.8
Jun23° / 13°7412.4016.46.3
Jul25° / 14°9813.90166.3
Aug24° / 13°599.3014.57.0
Sep18° / 539.3012.45.8
Oct12° / 508.60.410.33.0
Nov / 4293.28.50.3
Dec / -4°419.96.27.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44456
54555
64456
74357
84357
94258
104258
114159
124258
134159
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314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Luninyets gets around 65 mm of rain over 12.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
235
335
436
536
636
737
837
938
1038
1139
1239
1339
1440
1540
1640
1740
1841
1941
2041
2142
2242
2342
2442
2542
2642
2741
2841
2940
3040
3139

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99451
109451
119361
129271
139091
1489101
1587112
1686122
1785132
1884142
1984142
2082153
2182153
2281163
2380164
2480164
2579174
2678175
2778175
2878175
2977176
3077176
3177176

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 9:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:528:28
214.75:508:30
314.75:488:31
414.85:468:33
514.85:448:35
614.95:428:37
715.05:408:38
815.05:398:40
915.15:378:42
1015.15:358:43
1115.25:338:45
1215.25:328:46
1315.35:308:48
1415.45:288:50
1515.45:278:51
1615.55:258:53
1715.55:248:54
1815.65:228:56
1915.65:218:57
2015.75:198:59
2115.75:189:00
2215.85:179:02
2315.85:159:03
2415.85:149:05
2515.95:139:06
2615.95:129:08
2716.05:119:09
2816.05:099:10
2916.15:089:11
3016.15:079:13
3116.15:069:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.4Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
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305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Luninyets?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Luninyets for sightseeing.

What to pack for Luninyets in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Luninyets sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Luninyets in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Luninyets peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Luninyets?

Luninyets sits at 52.2°N, 26.8°E, 133 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Pinsk, 52 km away.

PinskŽytkavičySoligorskIvanovoSlutskSarnyNesvizhIvatsevichi

Topography around Luninyets

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Luninyets.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luninyets has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 139 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m.

The land around Luninyets is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (49%), cropland (24%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
249 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Pinsk 52 km · Žytkavičy 72 km · Soligorsk 78 km · Ivanovo 87 km · Slutsk 99 km · Sarny 102 km · Nesvizh 109 km · Ivatsevichi 112 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Luninyets (52.2486°, 26.8006°, elevation 133 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).