Krolevets weather in May

In May, Krolevets sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Krolevets's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Krolevets's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:02 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
60%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Krolevets is town in Sumy oblast, Ukraine.

Density
765/km²
people per km²
Founded
1601

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Krolevets reaches about 20°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 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1187
2187
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4188
5188
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How May really feels in Krolevets

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.

Krolevets 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-3° / -7°409.68.88.10.0
Feb-2° / -7°368.67.39.60.0
Mar / -3°409.55.411.50.3
Apr13° / 439.10.713.53.7
May20° / 10°6011.3015.36.1
Jun23° / 14°6411.2016.36.7
Jul25° / 15°8212.2015.96.6
Aug24° / 14°508.1014.47.2
Sep19° / 538.5012.46.0
Oct11° / 469.20.810.42.8
Nov / -1°438.23.38.60.1
Dec-1° / -5°4197.47.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54753
64753
74654
84654
94555
104555
114456
124555
134555
144555
154555
164555
174555
184654
194654
204753
214753
224852
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285050
295149
305248
315248

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Krolevets gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.3 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
231
331
431
532
633
733
834
934
1034
1135
1235
1335
1436
1536
1636
1737
1837
1937
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2538
2638
2738
2838
2937
3037
3136

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
29910
39910
49820
59820
69730
79730
89640
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
1589110
1688120
1787130
1886140
1984151
2083161
2183161
2282171
2381172
2480182
2579183
2679183
2779183
2878193
2977194
3077194
3177194

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:28 AM to 3:44 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:287:00
214.64:267:01
314.74:247:03
414.74:227:05
514.84:207:06
614.84:187:08
714.94:167:10
814.94:157:11
915.04:137:13
1015.14:117:14
1115.14:107:16
1215.24:087:18
1315.24:067:19
1415.34:057:21
1515.34:037:22
1615.44:027:24
1715.44:007:25
1815.53:597:27
1915.53:577:28
2015.63:567:30
2115.63:557:31
2215.73:537:33
2315.73:527:34
2415.73:517:35
2515.83:507:37
2615.83:497:38
2715.93:477:39
2815.93:467:41
2915.93:457:42
3016.03:447:43
3116.03:447:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
25.1Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.4Bright
155.4Bright
165.4Bright
175.4Bright
185.4Bright
195.5Bright
205.5Bright
215.5Bright
225.5Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.6Bright
265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.7Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Krolevets?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Krolevets for sightseeing.

What to pack for Krolevets in May

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

In May, Krolevets sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Krolevets in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Krolevets peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Krolevets?

Krolevets sits at 51.6°N, 33.4°E, 167 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Shostka, 35 km away.

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Topography around Krolevets

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Krolevets has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m.

The land around Krolevets is covered by trees (45%), grassland (21%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
143 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Shostka 35 km · Konotop 38 km · Hlukhiv 40 km · Novhorod-Siverskyi 51 km · Bakhmach 56 km · Bilopillia 79 km · Ryl’sk 90 km · Romny 91 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 Krolevets (51.5518°, 33.3804°, elevation 167 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).