Žytkavičy weather in May

In May, Žytkavičy sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 64 mm of rain across 12 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 25% 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 Žytkavičy's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Žytkavičy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 5:21 AM – 8:49 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 4th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Žytkavičy is city in Belarus.

Density: 1,086/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1500

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

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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 Žytkavičy 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	21	10
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

How May really feels in Žytkavičy

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Žytkavičy 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-1° / -6°	35	8.9	7.1	8	0.0
Feb	0° / -5°	34	9	7	9.5	0.0
Mar	5° / -2°	40	10.1	4.8	11.5	0.5
Apr	13° / 4°	42	9.4	0.9	13.6	3.8
May	19° / 9°	64	12	0	15.4	5.9
Jun	23° / 13°	71	12.2	0	16.4	6.3
Jul	25° / 15°	95	13.7	0	16	6.4
Aug	24° / 14°	58	9.9	0	14.5	6.9
Sep	18° / 9°	49	9	0	12.4	5.8
Oct	12° / 4°	50	9.2	0.5	10.3	2.9
Nov	5° / 0°	43	9.1	3.2	8.5	0.3
Dec	-0° / -4°	39	9.4	6.1	7.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	46	45	45	44	42	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	42	41	41	42	42	42	44	45	46	46	46	47	47	49	49
Cloudier (%)	54	54	55	55	56	58	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	58	59	59	58	58	58	56	55	54	54	54	53	53	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	41	59
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Žytkavičy gets around 64 mm of rain over 12 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	97	97	97	96	95	95	94	92	91	90	89	88	86	85	84	83	82	80	80	79	78	78	78	77	76	76	76	75	75
Comfortable (%)	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	97	3	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	94	6	0
10	92	7	1
11	91	8	1
12	90	9	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	85	13	2
17	84	14	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	80	17	3
21	80	17	3
22	79	18	3
23	78	18	4
24	78	18	4
25	78	18	4
26	77	19	4
27	76	19	5
28	76	19	5
29	76	19	5
30	75	19	6
31	75	19	6

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

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 5:48 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 9:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.1	16.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:48	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02
Sunset (PM)	8:24	8:25	8:27	8:29	8:31	8:32	8:34	8:36	8:37	8:39	8:41	8:42	8:44	8:45	8:47	8:49	8:50	8:52	8:53	8:55	8:56	8:58	8:59	9:00	9:02	9:03	9:04	9:06	9:07	9:08	9:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.6	5:48	8:24
2	14.7	5:46	8:25
3	14.7	5:44	8:27
4	14.8	5:42	8:29
5	14.8	5:40	8:31
6	14.9	5:38	8:32
7	15.0	5:36	8:34
8	15.0	5:35	8:36
9	15.1	5:33	8:37
10	15.1	5:31	8:39
11	15.2	5:29	8:41
12	15.2	5:28	8:42
13	15.3	5:26	8:44
14	15.4	5:24	8:45
15	15.4	5:23	8:47
16	15.5	5:21	8:49
17	15.5	5:20	8:50
18	15.6	5:18	8:52
19	15.6	5:17	8:53
20	15.7	5:15	8:55
21	15.7	5:14	8:56
22	15.8	5:13	8:58
23	15.8	5:11	8:59
24	15.8	5:10	9:00
25	15.9	5:09	9:02
26	15.9	5:08	9:03
27	16.0	5:06	9:04
28	16.0	5:05	9:06
29	16.0	5:04	9:07
30	16.1	5:03	9:08
31	16.1	5:02	9:10

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 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Žytkavičy?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Žytkavičy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Žytkavičy in May

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

In May, Žytkavičy 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 Žytkavičy 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 Žytkavičy peaks around July 12 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	2	4	5	6	6	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Žytkavičy?

Žytkavičy sits at 52.2°N, 27.9°E, 137 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Soligorsk, 67 km away.

Topography around Žytkavičy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Žytkavičy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m.

The land around Žytkavičy is covered by trees (57%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (58%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

41 m

trees 57%

16 km

78 m

trees 61%

80 km

291 m

trees 58%

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← April Žytkavičy year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Soligorsk 67 km · Luninyets 72 km · Slutsk 91 km · Mazyr 95 km · Kalinkovichi 101 km · Ovruch 118 km · Pinsk 122 km · Sarny 130 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

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 Žytkavičy (52.2168°, 27.8561°, elevation 137 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	21	10
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	41	59
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	97	3	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	94	6	0
10	92	7	1
11	91	8	1
12	90	9	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	85	13	2
17	84	14	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	80	17	3
21	80	17	3
22	79	18	3
23	78	18	4
24	78	18	4
25	78	18	4
26	77	19	4
27	76	19	5
28	76	19	5
29	76	19	5
30	75	19	6
31	75	19	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	21	10
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	41	59
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	97	3	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	94	6	0
10	92	7	1
11	91	8	1
12	90	9	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	85	13	2
17	84	14	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	80	17	3
21	80	17	3
22	79	18	3
23	78	18	4
24	78	18	4
25	78	18	4
26	77	19	4
27	76	19	5
28	76	19	5
29	76	19	5
30	75	19	6
31	75	19	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	20	10
25	21	10
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	44	56
6	42	58
7	43	57
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	41	59
17	42	58
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	47	53
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	38
13	38
14	39
15	39
16	39
17	39
18	39
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	39
28	39
29	38
30	38
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	97	3	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	94	6	0
10	92	7	1
11	91	8	1
12	90	9	1
13	89	10	1
14	88	11	1
15	86	12	2
16	85	13	2
17	84	14	2
18	83	15	2
19	82	16	2
20	80	17	3
21	80	17	3
22	79	18	3
23	78	18	4
24	78	18	4
25	78	18	4
26	77	19	4
27	76	19	5
28	76	19	5
29	76	19	5
30	75	19	6
31	75	19	6