Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi weather in May

In May, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 59 mm of rain across 10.7 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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:18 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
59%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is city of Ukraine.

Density
150/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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°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 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2198
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How May really feels in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

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.

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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°348.16.48.40.0
Feb / -5°3075.59.80.0
Mar / -1°3993.811.50.7
Apr14° / 439.40.613.44.3
May21° / 10°5910.7015.16.3
Jun24° / 14°71110166.7
Jul26° / 16°7210.5015.66.7
Aug26° / 15°487.5014.27.3
Sep20° / 10°558.4012.46.5
Oct13° / 417.20.310.53.7
Nov / 397.82.88.90.4
Dec / -4°388.25.480.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35050
45050
54951
65050
74951
84852
94852
104753
114753
124852
134753
144753
154753
164753
174852
184852
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224753
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284852
295050
305050
315149

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi gets around 59 mm of rain over 10.7 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 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
129
229
329
429
529
629
729
830
930
1031
1131
1232
1332
1432
1533
1633
1734
1835
1935
2036
2137
2238
2338
2439
2539
2639
2739
2839
2938
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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59730
69730
79640
89550
99460
109271
119181
129091
1388111
1487121
1586131
1684142
1783152
1882162
1982162
2080173
2180173
2278184
2378184
2477185
2576195
2676195
2775196
2875196
2974206
3073207
3172217

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
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:42 AM to 4:02 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:427:02
214.44:407:04
314.54:387:06
414.54:377:07
514.64:357:09
614.64:337:10
714.74:327:12
814.74:307:13
914.84:287:14
1014.84:277:16
1114.94:257:17
1214.94:247:19
1315.04:227:20
1415.04:217:22
1515.14:197:23
1615.14:187:24
1715.24:177:26
1815.24:157:27
1915.24:147:29
2015.34:137:30
2115.34:127:31
2215.44:107:33
2315.44:097:34
2415.44:087:35
2515.54:077:36
2615.54:067:37
2715.64:057:39
2815.64:047:40
2915.64:037:41
3015.74:027:42
3115.74:027:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.3Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
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105.5Bright
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155.6Bright
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225.7Bright
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245.7Bright
255.7Bright
265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi?

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
3.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in May

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

In May, Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 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 21 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 14UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi?

Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi sits at 49.4°N, 31.3°E, 105 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bohuslav, 31 km away.

Topography around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m.

The land around Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
255 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bohuslav 31 km · Kaniv 40 km · Zvenyhorodka 43 km · Shpola 46 km · Bahacheve 48 km · Smila 50 km · Cherkasy 58 km · Zolotonosha 63 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 Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi (49.4182°, 31.2517°, elevation 105 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).