Kalush weather in May

In May, Kalush sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 99 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kalush's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalush's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:47 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Kalush is city in Ukraine.

Density
1,009/km²
people per km²
Founded
1437

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kalush reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2187
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How May really feels in Kalush

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.

Kalush weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°389.57.78.50.0
Feb / -5°4510.37.89.80.0
Mar / -1°5712.4611.60.9
Apr14° / 6311.51.613.43.8
May19° / 9914.30155.4
Jun22° / 12°10914.6015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°11414.8015.66.2
Aug24° / 13°8111.5014.26.8
Sep19° / 7610.7012.45.9
Oct13° / 619.40.710.53.9
Nov / 499.43.68.91.0
Dec / -4°49117.58.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34555
44555
54456
64456
74357
84258
94258
104159
114060
124060
134060
143961
153961
164060
174060
183862
193961
203961
213862
223961
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264060
274159
284159
294357
304357
314555

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kalush gets around 99 mm of rain over 14.3 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
137
238
338
439
539
640
741
842
942
1043
1144
1245
1345
1446
1547
1647
1748
1848
1949
2049
2150
2250
2351
2451
2551
2651
2751
2851
2950
3050
3149

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
29820
39820
49820
59730
69730
79730
89640
99640
109550
119460
129460
139370
149280
159190
1690100
1788111
1887121
1986131
2085141
2185141
2284151
2383161
2482171
2581181
2680191
2778202
2877212
2976222
3074233
3173243

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 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 5:10 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 8:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:107:29
214.45:097:31
314.45:077:32
414.55:057:33
514.55:047:35
614.65:027:36
714.65:007:38
814.74:597:39
914.74:577:41
1014.84:567:42
1114.84:547:44
1214.94:537:45
1314.94:517:46
1415.04:507:48
1515.04:487:49
1615.14:477:51
1715.14:467:52
1815.24:447:53
1915.24:437:55
2015.24:427:56
2115.34:417:57
2215.34:397:59
2315.44:388:00
2415.44:378:01
2515.44:368:02
2615.54:358:03
2715.54:348:05
2815.54:338:06
2915.64:328:07
3015.64:328:08
3115.64:318:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kalush?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kalush for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalush in May

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

In May, Kalush sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kalush in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalush peaks around July 15 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 highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalush?

Kalush sits at 49.0°N, 24.4°E, 290 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Knyahynyn, 27 km away.

Topography around Kalush

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalush has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 295 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,637 m.

The land around Kalush is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (45%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
288 m
80 km
1,637 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Knyahynyn 27 km · Ivano-Frankivsk 27 km · Dolyna 30 km · Nadvirna 45 km · Stryi 46 km · Novyi Rozdil 53 km · Berezhany 62 km · Stebnyk 67 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 Kalush (49.024°, 24.3721°, elevation 290 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).