Alchevsk weather in May

In May, Alchevsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 54 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alchevsk's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alchevsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
54 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
3:51 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Alchevsk is City in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
2,121/km²
people per km²
Founded
1895

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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Alchevsk reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Alchevsk

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.

Alchevsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°4097.68.60.0
Feb-1° / -7°337.569.90.0
Mar / -2°399.54.611.60.5
Apr14° / 509.40.513.44.3
May21° / 10°549.70156.6
Jun25° / 15°619.9015.86.9
Jul28° / 17°498.2015.56.7
Aug27° / 15°325.7014.17.2
Sep21° / 10°447.2012.47.0
Oct13° / 397.20.710.63.9
Nov / -1°367.32.590.4
Dec-0° / -5°429.168.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
34951
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104753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alchevsk gets around 54 mm of rain over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
129
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631
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
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49730
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79550
89460
99370
109280
119190
1290100
1389110
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2082171
2181181
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2380191
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2776213
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3175223

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:14 AM to 3:35 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 7:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:146:30
214.34:126:31
314.44:116:33
414.44:096:34
514.54:076:36
614.54:066:37
714.64:046:39
814.64:036:40
914.74:016:41
1014.74:006:43
1114.83:586:44
1214.83:576:46
1314.93:556:47
1414.93:546:48
1515.03:526:50
1615.03:516:51
1715.03:506:52
1815.13:486:54
1915.13:476:55
2015.23:466:56
2115.23:456:58
2215.23:446:59
2315.33:437:00
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2715.43:397:05
2815.53:387:06
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3015.53:367:08
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Alchevsk?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Alchevsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alchevsk in May

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

In May, Alchevsk sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Alchevsk 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 Alchevsk peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Alchevsk in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alchevsk is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1717 µg/m³Dec 168 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar18Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May11Good
Jun12Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Alchevsk?

Alchevsk sits at 48.5°N, 38.8°E, 215 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Perevalsk, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Alchevsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alchevsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m.

The land around Alchevsk is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (42%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), grassland (31%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
177 m
16 km
300 m
80 km
343 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Perevalsk 4.0 km · Bryanka 10 km · Kadiyivka 16 km · Holubivka 22 km · Sokolohirsk 27 km · Katerynivka 30 km · Lutuhyne 31 km · Debaltseve 33 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,866
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
88%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
10.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 526

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 Alchevsk (48.4691°, 38.7974°, elevation 215 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).