Kupyansk weather in May

In May, Kupyansk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 53 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kupyansk's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kupyansk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
53 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
3:52 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Kupyansk is town in Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine.

Density
813/km²
people per km²
Founded
1655

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kupyansk 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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Kupyansk

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.

Kupyansk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°429.38.28.40.0
Feb-1° / -7°368.16.99.80.0
Mar / -2°429.5511.50.4
Apr14° / 4390.613.44.3
May21° / 10°5310015.16.6
Jun25° / 15°609.70166.9
Jul27° / 17°539.1015.76.7
Aug27° / 15°376.4014.27.2
Sep20° / 10°457.5012.46.7
Oct13° / 447.90.610.53.5
Nov / -1°407.83.38.80.2
Dec-1° / -5°459.16.780.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25050
35050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kupyansk gets around 53 mm of rain over 10 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 31% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
226
327
427
528
628
729
829
930
1030
1131
1232
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1432
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3132

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
79640
89640
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
1589110
1687121
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1886131
1985141
2084151
2182162
2282162
2381172
2480173
2580173
2679183
2778184
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3077194
3177194

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
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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 42 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 4:16 AM to 3:35 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.44:166:38
214.44:146:39
314.54:126:41
414.54:106:42
514.64:096:44
614.64:076:45
714.74:056:47
814.74:046:48
914.84:026:50
1014.84:006:51
1114.93:596:53
1215.03:576:54
1315.03:566:56
1415.03:546:57
1515.13:536:59
1615.13:527:00
1715.23:507:01
1815.23:497:03
1915.33:487:04
2015.33:467:06
2115.43:457:07
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2615.63:397:13
2715.63:387:14
2815.63:387:16
2915.73:377:17
3015.73:367:18
3115.73:357:19

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.51 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 Kupyansk?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kupyansk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kupyansk in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kupyansk 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 Kupyansk peaks around June 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kupyansk in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kupyansk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMar 1815 µg/m³Dec 207 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr11Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kupyansk?

Kupyansk sits at 49.7°N, 37.6°E, 79 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kivsharivka, 10 km away.

SlobozhanskeVovchansk

Topography around Kupyansk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kupyansk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Kupyansk is covered by trees (50%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
197 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kivsharivka 10 km · Svatove 51 km · Izyum 61 km · Balakliya 62 km · Valuyki 65 km · Chuhuyiv 68 km · Slobozhanske 80 km · Vovchansk 81 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 Kupyansk (49.71°, 37.6158°, elevation 79 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).