Chornomors’k weather in May

In May, Chornomors’k sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 32 mm of rain across 5.9 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Chornomors’k's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chornomors’k's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
14°
8th coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
5.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:31 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
45%
5th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Chornomors’k is city in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
2,319/km²
people per km²
Founded
1952

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 15°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Chornomors’k reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Chornomors’k

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.

Chornomors’k weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°3873.68.80.0
Feb / 315.62.7100.0
Mar / 336.91.511.60.5
Apr11° / 285.80.113.33.0
May18° / 14°325.9014.76.3
Jun23° / 19°355.4015.57.8
Jul25° / 22°243.6015.28.3
Aug25° / 22°313.90148.3
Sep20° / 17°385.3012.37.3
Oct15° / 12°426010.74.9
Nov / 396.90.79.22.0
Dec / 366.82.18.50.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26931
36931
46832
56832
66832
76832
86733
96733
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Chornomors’k gets around 32 mm of rain over 5.9 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 18% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
115
216
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516
617
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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 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
192710
291810
390910
4891010
5871210
6851320
7831520
8821620
9791830
10772030
11742240
12712450
13692560
14662770
15632980
16603190
175732110
185433121
195234131
205034151
214735162
224535182
234335192
244235203
254035223
263935234
273735244
283635244
293535255
303435265
313235275

Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
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817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:52 AM to 4:16 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:526:57
214.14:506:59
314.24:497:00
414.24:477:01
514.34:467:03
614.34:447:04
714.44:437:05
814.44:417:07
914.54:407:08
1014.54:387:09
1114.64:377:10
1214.64:367:12
1314.64:347:13
1414.74:337:14
1514.74:327:15
1614.84:317:17
1714.84:297:18
1814.84:287:19
1914.94:277:20
2014.94:267:21
2115.04:257:23
2215.04:247:24
2315.04:237:25
2415.14:227:26
2515.14:217:27
2615.14:207:28
2715.24:197:29
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2915.24:187:31
3015.34:177:32
3115.34:167:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.19 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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35.9Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
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96.1Intense
106.1Intense
116.1Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
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256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Chornomors’k?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Chornomors’k for sightseeing.

What to pack for Chornomors’k in May

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

In May, Chornomors’k sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Chornomors’k in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 17 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug24Refreshing
Sep20Refreshing
Oct16Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Chornomors’k 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 Chornomors’k peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 15UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Chornomors’k?

Chornomors’k sits at 46.3°N, 30.7°E, 29 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Cheremushky, 15 km away.

RozdilnaSloboziaTiraspolCăuşeni

Topography around Chornomors’k

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chornomors’k has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m.

The land around Chornomors’k is covered by water (42%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, water (48%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
181 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Cheremushky 15 km · Odessa 22 km · Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 26 km · Pivdenne 50 km · Rozdilna 76 km · Slobozia 87 km · Tiraspol 99 km · Căuşeni 102 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 Chornomors’k (46.2991°, 30.6553°, elevation 29 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).