Bila Tserkva weather in May

In May, Bila Tserkva sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 60 mm of rain across 10.9 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 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bila Tserkva's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bila Tserkva's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:21 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Bila Tserkva is city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
3,055/km²
people per km²
Founded
1032

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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bila Tserkva reaches about 20°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 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1187
2188
3198
4198
5198
6198
7198
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10209
11209
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How May really feels in Bila Tserkva

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.

Bila Tserkva 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°318.16.88.40.0
Feb / -5°327.86.59.80.0
Mar / -1°389.44.511.50.7
Apr14° / 469.40.613.54.1
May20° / 10°6010.9015.16.2
Jun24° / 14°7111.20166.7
Jul26° / 15°7711.8015.76.6
Aug25° / 14°548.2014.27.2
Sep19° / 10°598.5012.46.3
Oct12° / 427.80.410.53.5
Nov / 417.73.38.80.4
Dec / -4°408.35.980.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
34951
44951
54852
64951
74852
84852
94852
104852
114753
124654
134753
144654
154654
164753
174753
184654
194654
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224654
234753
244753
254753
264753
274753
284852
294852
304852
315050

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bila Tserkva gets around 60 mm of rain over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
431
531
632
732
832
932
1033
1133
1233
1333
1433
1534
1634
1734
1835
1935
2036
2137
2237
2338
2438
2538
2639
2739
2839
2939
3038
3138

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79730
89730
99640
109451
119361
129271
139181
149091
1589101
1688111
1787121
1885132
1984142
2083152
2182162
2281172
2379183
2479183
2578193
2677194
2776204
2876204
2974215
3074215
3172226

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 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 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:45 AM to 4:05 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:457:08
214.44:447:10
314.54:427:11
414.54:407:13
514.64:387:14
614.74:377:16
714.74:357:17
814.84:337:19
914.84:327:20
1014.94:307:22
1114.94:297:23
1215.04:277:25
1315.04:267:26
1415.14:247:28
1515.14:237:29
1615.24:217:30
1715.24:207:32
1815.24:187:33
1915.34:177:35
2015.34:167:36
2115.44:157:37
2215.44:137:39
2315.54:127:40
2415.54:117:41
2515.54:107:42
2615.64:097:44
2715.64:087:45
2815.64:077:46
2915.74:067:47
3015.74:057:48
3115.74:057:49

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.4Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.4Bright
125.5Bright
135.5Bright
145.5Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
175.5Bright
185.5Bright
195.5Bright
205.5Bright
215.6Bright
225.6Bright
235.6Bright
245.6Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bila Tserkva?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bila Tserkva for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bila Tserkva in May

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

In May, Bila Tserkva sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Bila Tserkva 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 Bila Tserkva peaks around July 14 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bila Tserkva?

Bila Tserkva sits at 49.8°N, 30.1°E, 163 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Skvyra, 33 km away.

Topography around Bila Tserkva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bila Tserkva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m.

The land around Bila Tserkva is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
258 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Skvyra 33 km · Fastiv 34 km · Vasylkiv 45 km · Obukhiv 51 km · Boyarka 59 km · Bohuslav 61 km · Bilohorodka 66 km · Svyatopetrivske 66 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 Bila Tserkva (49.7994°, 30.1165°, elevation 163 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).