Rechytsa weather in May

In May, Rechytsa sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 11.7 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 27% 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 Rechytsa's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rechytsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
5:10 AM – 8:39 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Rechytsa is city in Belarus.

Density
2,218/km²
people per km²
Founded
1213

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 Rechytsa reaches about 20°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 Rechytsa

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.

Rechytsa 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-2° / -6°369.27.780.0
Feb-1° / -6°359.17.49.50.0
Mar / -2°399.34.911.50.4
Apr13° / 419.30.813.63.7
May20° / 6111.70.115.46.0
Jun23° / 13°6611.5016.56.5
Jul25° / 15°8313.1016.16.4
Aug24° / 14°579.5014.57.0
Sep18° / 528.6012.45.8
Oct11° / 549.40.510.32.8
Nov / -1°428.73.48.50.2
Dec-1° / -5°419.76.97.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rechytsa gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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332
432
533
633
734
835
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3137

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
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89640
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
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1886131
1985141
2083152
2183152
2281163
2381163
2480164
2580164
2679165
2779165
2879165
2978166
3077176
3176177

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
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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 5:37 AM to 4:52 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 9:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:378:14
214.75:358:16
314.75:338:17
414.85:318:19
514.95:298:21
614.95:288:23
715.05:268:24
815.05:248:26
915.15:228:28
1015.15:208:29
1115.25:198:31
1215.35:178:33
1315.35:158:34
1415.45:148:36
1515.45:128:37
1615.55:108:39
1715.55:098:41
1815.65:078:42
1915.65:068:44
2015.75:048:45
2115.75:038:47
2215.85:028:48
2315.85:008:50
2415.94:598:51
2515.94:588:52
2615.94:578:54
2716.04:568:55
2816.04:558:56
2916.14:538:58
3016.14:528:59
3116.14:529:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Rechytsa?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Rechytsa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rechytsa in May

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

In May, Rechytsa sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Rechytsa 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 Rechytsa peaks around July 15 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Rechytsa?

Rechytsa sits at 52.4°N, 30.4°E, 128 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Gomel, 40 km away.

GomelSvetlogorskDobrushZhlobinKalinkovichiRahachowMazyrSlavutych

Topography around Rechytsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rechytsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 129 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m.

The land around Rechytsa is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
58 m
80 km
98 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Gomel 40 km · Svetlogorsk 53 km · Dobrush 63 km · Zhlobin 64 km · Kalinkovichi 77 km · Rahachow 84 km · Mazyr 88 km · Slavutych 96 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 Rechytsa (52.3617°, 30.3916°, elevation 128 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).