Bakhmut weather in May

In May, Bakhmut sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10 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 32% 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 Bakhmut's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bakhmut's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
3:54 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Bakhmut is city in Donetsk region, Ukraine.

Density
1,935/km²
people per km²
Founded
1571

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 Bakhmut 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2198
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How May really feels in Bakhmut

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.

Bakhmut 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°429.388.50.0
Feb-0° / -6°357.96.79.80.0
Mar / -2°4110.14.911.60.6
Apr14° / 489.50.513.44.3
May21° / 10°55100156.5
Jun25° / 15°6010.2015.86.8
Jul28° / 17°528.5015.56.6
Aug27° / 15°355.8014.17.2
Sep21° / 10°477012.47.0
Oct13° / 417.20.610.63.9
Nov / -1°387.62.590.4
Dec-0° / -5°428.95.78.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34753
44753
54753
64753
74654
84852
94753
104852
114852
124951
134951
144951
154951
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275050
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315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bakhmut gets around 55 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
129
229
330
430
531
631
731
832
932
1033
1133
1234
1334
1434
1534
1634
1733
1833
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2033
2133
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2433
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2732
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3031
3131

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
29910
39820
49820
59730
69640
79550
89460
99370
109370
119280
129190
1390100
1488111
1587121
1686131
1785141
1884151
1983161
2082171
2181181
2279192
2379192
2478202
2577203
2676213
2776213
2875223
2974224
3074224
3173234

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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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 4:17 AM to 3:38 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 7:13 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:176:33
214.34:156:35
314.44:146:36
414.44:126:38
514.54:106:39
614.54:096:41
714.64:076:42
814.64:056:44
914.74:046:45
1014.74:026:46
1114.84:016:48
1214.83:596:49
1314.93:586:51
1414.93:576:52
1515.03:556:53
1615.03:546:55
1715.13:536:56
1815.13:516:57
1915.13:506:59
2015.23:497:00
2115.23:487:01
2215.33:477:02
2315.33:457:04
2415.33:447:05
2515.43:437:06
2615.43:427:07
2715.43:417:08
2815.53:417:10
2915.53:407:11
3015.53:397:12
3115.63:387:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bakhmut?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bakhmut for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bakhmut in May

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

In May, Bakhmut 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 Bakhmut 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 Bakhmut 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 19 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 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Bakhmut 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 Bakhmut is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1717 µg/m³Dec 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Good
Mar18Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May11Good
Jun12Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bakhmut?

Bakhmut sits at 48.6°N, 38.0°E, 100 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kostyantynivka, 23 km away.

Topography around Bakhmut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bakhmut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Bakhmut is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%), trees (24%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
190 m
80 km
328 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kostyantynivka 23 km · Toretsk 25 km · Popasna 28 km · Mykytivskyi 31 km · Tsentralno-Miskyi 33 km · Kindrativskyi 33 km · Sonyachnyi 33 km · Horlivka 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 Bakhmut (48.5942°, 37.9989°, elevation 100 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).