Vaukavysk weather in May

In May, Vaukavysk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 15.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Vaukavysk's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vaukavysk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
5:31 AM – 9:06 PM
Cloud cover
62%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Vaukavysk is city in Belarus.

Density
599/km²
people per km²
Founded
1005

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vaukavysk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Vaukavysk

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.

Vaukavysk 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°36107.27.90.0
Feb / -5°359.57.39.50.0
Mar / -2°39104.311.50.4
Apr13° / 479.71.213.63.5
May18° / 6812.10.115.65.6
Jun21° / 12°7112.2016.66.1
Jul24° / 14°8513016.26.4
Aug23° / 13°6510.5014.56.7
Sep18° / 599.7012.45.5
Oct11° / 509.70.610.32.7
Nov / 429.43.28.40.3
Dec / -4°439.867.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44555
54456
64456
74456
84357
94357
104357
114357
124258
134258
144258
154159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vaukavysk gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
334
435
536
637
737
838
939
1040
1141
1241
1342
1442
1542
1642
1742
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2140
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2738
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3037
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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79730
89730
99640
109550
119460
129370
139280
149280
159091
1689101
1789101
1888111
1987112
2086122
2186122
2285123
2384133
2483134
2583134
2682144
2782144
2881145
2980155
3080155
3179165

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 42 min at the start of May to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 8:40 PM to 9:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.75:598:40
214.85:578:42
314.85:558:44
414.95:538:46
514.95:518:47
615.05:498:49
715.15:478:51
815.15:458:53
915.25:438:54
1015.25:418:56
1115.35:398:58
1215.45:388:59
1315.45:369:01
1415.55:349:03
1515.55:329:04
1615.65:319:06
1715.65:299:08
1815.75:289:09
1915.75:269:11
2015.85:259:12
2115.85:239:14
2215.95:229:15
2315.95:219:17
2416.05:199:18
2516.05:189:20
2616.15:179:21
2716.15:169:23
2816.25:149:24
2916.25:139:25
3016.25:129:27
3116.35:119:28

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 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 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
14.9Bright
25.0Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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95.1Bright
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265.4Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vaukavysk?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vaukavysk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vaukavysk in May

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

In May, Vaukavysk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Vaukavysk 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 Vaukavysk peaks around June 21 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 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 21UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vaukavysk?

Vaukavysk sits at 53.2°N, 24.5°E, 146 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Shchuchyn, 53 km away.

ShchuchynSlonimPruzhanySokółkaGrodnoHajnówkaIvatsevichiByaroza

Topography around Vaukavysk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vaukavysk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m.

The land around Vaukavysk is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), cropland (28%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
201 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Shchuchyn 53 km · Slonim 58 km · Pruzhany 67 km · Sokółka 69 km · Grodno 71 km · Hajnówka 74 km · Ivatsevichi 77 km · Byaroza 78 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 Vaukavysk (53.1561°, 24.4513°, elevation 146 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).