Berdychiv weather in May

In May, Berdychiv sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 15.1 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 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Berdychiv's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Berdychiv's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 4:27 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Berdychiv is town and administrative center of the Berdychivsky District of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine.

Density: 2,068/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1430

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 Berdychiv reaches about 20°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)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Berdychiv

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.

Berdychiv 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°	33	8.2	6.9	8.4	0.0
Feb	0° / -5°	33	8.6	6.8	9.7	0.0
Mar	6° / -1°	41	10	5.1	11.5	0.6
Apr	14° / 4°	48	10.4	0.9	13.5	3.8
May	20° / 9°	67	11.7	0	15.1	6.0
Jun	23° / 13°	76	12.5	0	16	6.3
Jul	25° / 15°	89	12.9	0	15.7	6.5
Aug	24° / 14°	62	9.3	0	14.3	7.1
Sep	19° / 9°	56	9.2	0	12.4	6.0
Oct	12° / 5°	42	8.2	0.4	10.5	3.3
Nov	5° / 0°	41	8.4	3.4	8.8	0.4
Dec	0° / -4°	38	9.3	6.6	8	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% 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 (%)	48	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	43	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	40	41	41	41	42	43	43	45
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58	57	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	60	59	59	59	58	57	57	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Berdychiv gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	33	33	33	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	41
30	41
31	41

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 89% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	88	87	84	83	82	82	81	80	79	78	78	76	76	75
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	94	6	0
13	93	7	0
14	92	8	0
15	91	9	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	84	15	1
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	81	18	1
25	80	19	1
26	79	19	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	76	21	3
30	76	21	3
31	75	21	4

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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 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 4:51 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:56 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)	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:39	4:38	4:36	4:34	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:24	4:23	4:22	4:20	4:19	4:18	4:17	4:16	4:15	4:14	4:13	4:12	4:11	4:10
Sunset (PM)	7:14	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:37	7:38	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	4:51	7:14
2	14.4	4:50	7:16
3	14.5	4:48	7:17
4	14.6	4:46	7:19
5	14.6	4:44	7:21
6	14.7	4:43	7:22
7	14.7	4:41	7:24
8	14.8	4:39	7:25
9	14.8	4:38	7:27
10	14.9	4:36	7:28
11	14.9	4:34	7:30
12	15.0	4:33	7:31
13	15.0	4:31	7:33
14	15.1	4:30	7:34
15	15.1	4:28	7:35
16	15.2	4:27	7:37
17	15.2	4:26	7:38
18	15.3	4:24	7:40
19	15.3	4:23	7:41
20	15.3	4:22	7:42
21	15.4	4:20	7:44
22	15.4	4:19	7:45
23	15.5	4:18	7:46
24	15.5	4:17	7:48
25	15.5	4:16	7:49
26	15.6	4:15	7:50
27	15.6	4:14	7:51
28	15.7	4:13	7:52
29	15.7	4:12	7:54
30	15.7	4:11	7:55
31	15.8	4:10	7:56

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Berdychiv?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Berdychiv for sightseeing.

What to pack for Berdychiv in May

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

In May, Berdychiv sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Berdychiv 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 Berdychiv peaks around July 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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	2	3	5	5	7	7	7	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Berdychiv?

Berdychiv sits at 49.9°N, 28.6°E, 242 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kozyatyn, 27 km away.

Topography around Berdychiv

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Berdychiv has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Berdychiv is covered by trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

trees 36%

16 km

111 m

cropland 61%

80 km

237 m

cropland 63%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Kozyatyn 27 km · Korolyov 40 km · Zhytomyr 42 km · Bohuniya 43 km · Kalynivka 48 km · Korostyshiv 58 km · Khmilnyk 58 km · Vinnytsya 74 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 Berdychiv (49.8942°, 28.5824°, elevation 242 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	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	10
24	21	10
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	94	6	0
13	93	7	0
14	92	8	0
15	91	9	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	84	15	1
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	81	18	1
25	80	19	1
26	79	19	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	76	21	3
30	76	21	3
31	75	21	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	94	6	0
13	93	7	0
14	92	8	0
15	91	9	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	84	15	1
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	81	18	1
25	80	19	1
26	79	19	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	76	21	3
30	76	21	3
31	75	21	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	43	57
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	40	60
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	41	59
28	42	58
29	43	57
30	43	57
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	33
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	36
13	36
14	36
15	37
16	37
17	38
18	38
19	39
20	39
21	40
22	40
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	42
28	42
29	41
30	41
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	96	4	0
11	95	5	0
12	94	6	0
13	93	7	0
14	92	8	0
15	91	9	0
16	90	10	0
17	89	11	0
18	88	12	0
19	87	13	0
20	84	15	1
21	83	16	1
22	82	17	1
23	82	17	1
24	81	18	1
25	80	19	1
26	79	19	2
27	78	20	2
28	78	20	2
29	76	21	3
30	76	21	3
31	75	21	4