Kremenets weather in May

In May, Kremenets sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 75 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 24% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kremenets's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kremenets's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:38 AM – 7:49 PM
Cloud cover
64%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Kremenets is city and raion capital in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
1,015/km²
people per km²
Founded
1227

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 Kremenets reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 6°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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How May really feels in Kremenets

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.

Kremenets weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°389.27.88.30.0
Feb / -5°3910.17.69.70.0
Mar / -1°4610.95.311.50.6
Apr13° / 5311.31.213.53.7
May19° / 7513.5015.25.6
Jun22° / 13°9114016.16.0
Jul24° / 14°10714.6015.76.2
Aug24° / 13°7611.1014.36.8
Sep18° / 7010.5012.45.7
Oct12° / 4790.710.53.3
Nov / 439.83.88.80.5
Dec / -4°4310.67.77.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34456
44456
54456
64456
74357
84357
94357
104258
114258
124258
134258
144159
154159
164159
174159
184060
194060
204060
213961
223862
233961
243961
254060
264159
274159
284258
294357
304456
314456

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kremenets gets around 75 mm of rain over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
538
638
739
839
940
1041
1142
1242
1343
1443
1544
1644
1745
1845
1946
2046
2147
2247
2347
2448
2548
2648
2747
2847
2947
3046
3146

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 (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79730
89730
99640
109550
119550
129460
139370
149280
159190
1689101
1788111
1887121
1987121
2086131
2185141
2285141
2383152
2483152
2582162
2681163
2781163
2880173
2979174
3079174
3177185

Wind in May

Winds average 12 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
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812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 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 5:02 AM to 4:21 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 8:08 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:027:26
214.55:007:28
314.54:597:29
414.64:577:31
514.64:557:33
614.74:537:34
714.74:527:36
814.84:507:37
914.84:487:39
1014.94:477:40
1114.94:457:42
1215.04:447:43
1315.04:427:45
1415.14:417:46
1515.14:397:48
1615.24:387:49
1715.24:367:50
1815.34:357:52
1915.34:347:53
2015.44:327:55
2115.44:317:56
2215.54:307:57
2315.54:297:59
2415.54:288:00
2515.64:268:01
2615.64:258:02
2715.74:248:04
2815.74:238:05
2915.74:238:06
3015.84:228:07
3115.84:218:08

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.2Bright
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145.2Bright
155.2Bright
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235.2Bright
245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kremenets?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kremenets for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kremenets in May

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

In May, Kremenets sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kremenets 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 Kremenets peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kremenets?

Kremenets sits at 50.1°N, 25.7°E, 342 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Dubno, 34 km away.

Topography around Kremenets

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kremenets has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 339 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m.

The land around Kremenets is covered by trees (72%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (62%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
303 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Dubno 34 km · Brody 42 km · Zdolbuniv 60 km · Ternopil 61 km · Zolochiv 67 km · Rivne 68 km · Netishyn 70 km · Volochysk 71 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 Kremenets (50.0986°, 25.7279°, elevation 342 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).