Dzhankoy weather in May

In May, Dzhankoy sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 43 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Dzhankoy's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dzhankoy's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
5:17 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover
49%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Dzhankoy is town in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
1,605/km²
people per km²
Founded
1926

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 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Dzhankoy reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Dzhankoy

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.

Dzhankoy weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-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°307.53.18.90.0
Feb / -2°266.22.310.10.1
Mar / 327.61.811.61.9
Apr16° / 347.30.113.35.1
May22° / 13°438.1014.77.1
Jun27° / 17°539.1015.46.9
Jul29° / 20°295.7015.16.3
Aug29° / 19°304.9013.96.8
Sep23° / 14°265.1012.37.9
Oct17° / 285.8010.75.7
Nov10° / 285.70.49.32.2
Dec / -1°306.92.28.60.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25842
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65842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dzhankoy gets around 43 mm of rain over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
223
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525
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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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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293610
392710
491810
590910
6891010
7881110
8861310
9841420
10831520
11821620
12801730
13791830
14762040
15742150
16732250
17712360
18682570
19662680
20642790
216128101
225829121
235729131
245530141
255330152
265131162
275031172
284931173
294731183
304631193
314531204

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:38 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 8:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:387:41
214.15:377:42
314.15:357:44
414.25:337:45
514.25:327:46
614.35:317:48
714.35:297:49
814.45:287:50
914.45:267:51
1014.55:257:53
1114.55:247:54
1214.55:227:55
1314.65:217:56
1414.65:207:58
1514.75:197:59
1614.75:178:00
1714.85:168:01
1814.85:158:02
1914.85:148:04
2014.95:138:05
2114.95:128:06
2214.95:118:07
2315.05:108:08
2415.05:098:09
2515.05:088:10
2615.15:078:11
2715.15:068:12
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2915.25:058:14
3015.25:048:15
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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126.0Intense
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276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Dzhankoy?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Dzhankoy for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Dzhankoy in May

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

In May, Dzhankoy sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Dzhankoy in May

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Sep 19 — about 3.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May16Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep21Refreshing
Oct15Cool
Nov10Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Dzhankoy 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 Dzhankoy peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Dzhankoy?

Dzhankoy sits at 45.7°N, 34.4°E, 14 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Yany Kapu, 54 km away.

BilohirskSimferopolSakiYevpatoriyaSudak

Topography around Dzhankoy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dzhankoy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 605 m.

The land around Dzhankoy is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), grassland (33%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
605 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Yany Kapu 54 km · Henichesk 60 km · Armyansk 70 km · Bilohirsk 75 km · Simferopol 87 km · Saki 89 km · Yevpatoriya 98 km · Sudak 106 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 Dzhankoy (45.7131°, 34.3927°, elevation 14 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).