Kamianets-Podilskyi weather in May

In May, Kamianets-Podilskyi sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 69 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°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 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 Kamianets-Podilskyi's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamianets-Podilskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:39 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover
61%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Kamianets-Podilskyi is city in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
3,513/km²
people per km²
Founded
1062

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kamianets-Podilskyi reaches about 21°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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kamianets-Podilskyi

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.

Kamianets-Podilskyi 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-0° / -5°287.55.98.50.0
Feb / -4°328.15.79.80.0
Mar / -1°429.83.811.61.0
Apr15° / 5210.60.913.44.3
May21° / 10°6912.40156.1
Jun24° / 14°8612.6015.96.4
Jul26° / 15°9712.9015.56.3
Aug26° / 15°6510014.26.9
Sep20° / 10°628.9012.46.4
Oct13° / 447.60.210.54.0
Nov / 367.32.690.8
Dec / -4°327.85.58.10.0

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kamianets-Podilskyi gets around 69 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:02 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:027:19
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514.54:567:25
614.54:547:27
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kamianets-Podilskyi?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kamianets-Podilskyi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kamianets-Podilskyi in May

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

In May, Kamianets-Podilskyi sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kamianets-Podilskyi 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 Kamianets-Podilskyi 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 December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
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Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Kamianets-Podilskyi?

Kamianets-Podilskyi sits at 48.7°N, 26.6°E, 164 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Dunayivtsi, 30 km away.

EdineţDorohoiRakoveKhmelnytskyi

Topography around Kamianets-Podilskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamianets-Podilskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 209 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 494 m.

The land around Kamianets-Podilskyi is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

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494 m
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May weather nearby: Dunayivtsi 30 km · Horodok 55 km · Chernivtsi 65 km · Chortkiv 69 km · Edineţ 77 km · Dorohoi 82 km · Rakove 87 km · Khmelnytskyi 87 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 Kamianets-Podilskyi (48.6788°, 26.5852°, elevation 164 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).