Balakliya weather in May

In May, Balakliya sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 52 mm of rain across 9.9 wet days and about 15.1 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Balakliya's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balakliya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
3:55 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Balakliya is city of Ukraine.

Density
162/km²
people per km²
Founded
1663

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 Balakliya reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 28°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 Balakliya

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.

Balakliya 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°399.37.88.40.0
Feb-1° / -7°348.16.19.80.0
Mar / -2°439.44.511.50.5
Apr14° / 439.30.513.44.3
May21° / 11°529.9015.16.6
Jun25° / 15°6010.10166.8
Jul27° / 17°519.2015.66.6
Aug27° / 15°396.4014.27.2
Sep21° / 10°447.4012.46.8
Oct13° / 417.40.610.53.7
Nov / -1°377.12.98.90.3
Dec-1° / -5°438.4680.0

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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
34951
45050
54951
65050
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85050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Balakliya gets around 52 mm of rain over 9.9 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 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
127
227
327
427
527
627
727
827
928
1028
1129
1229
1330
1430
1531
1631
1732
1832
1933
2034
2134
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2636
2736
2836
2936
3035
3135

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
39820
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99550
109550
119460
129370
139181
149091
159091
1689101
1788111
1886122
1985132
2084142
2182153
2282153
2380164
2480164
2578175
2678175
2777185
2877185
2976186
3075196
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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:19 AM to 3:39 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:196:40
214.44:186:42
314.54:166:43
414.54:146:45
514.64:126:46
614.64:116:48
714.74:096:49
814.74:076:51
914.84:066:52
1014.84:046:54
1114.94:036:55
1214.94:016:57
1315.04:006:58
1415.03:586:59
1515.13:577:01
1615.13:557:02
1715.23:547:04
1815.23:537:05
1915.23:527:06
2015.33:507:08
2115.33:497:09
2215.43:487:10
2315.43:477:12
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2915.63:417:19
3015.73:407:20
3115.73:397:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.51 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 Balakliya?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Balakliya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balakliya in May

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

In May, Balakliya sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Balakliya 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 Balakliya peaks around June 22 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Balakliya 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 Balakliya is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1714 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Balakliya?

Balakliya sits at 49.5°N, 36.8°E, 79 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Slobozhanske, 28 km away.

Topography around Balakliya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balakliya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 85 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m.

The land around Balakliya is covered by trees (42%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
155 m
80 km
212 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Slobozhanske 28 km · Izyum 42 km · Chuhuyiv 44 km · Zlatopil 46 km · Kupyansk 62 km · Kivsharivka 63 km · Rayon KTZ 64 km · Merefa 70 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 Balakliya (49.456°, 36.8443°, elevation 79 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).