Marhanets weather in May

In May, Marhanets sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 48 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Marhanets's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marhanets's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
48 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:10 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

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 Marhanets reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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)
1199
2199
3199
4209
52010
62010
72010
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92010
102111
112111
122111
132111
142111
152111
162212
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202212
212213
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232313
242313
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262313
272314
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312414

How May really feels in Marhanets

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.

Marhanets weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -5°358.25.68.70.0
Feb / -5°306.33.99.90.0
Mar / -0°398.5311.60.9
Apr15° / 417.40.313.34.8
May21° / 12°489014.96.8
Jun26° / 16°519.1015.76.9
Jul28° / 18°387015.46.7
Aug28° / 17°325.6014.16.9
Sep22° / 12°416.4012.47.3
Oct14° / 335.80.110.64.6
Nov / 376.41.39.10.8
Dec / -3°377.33.88.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25446
35347
45347
55347
65347
75347
85347
95347
105347
115347
125446
135545
145545
155644
165644
175644
185743
195842
205842
215941
225842
235842
245842
255842
265842
275842
285842
295941
305941
316040

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Marhanets gets around 48 mm of rain over 9 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
122
223
324
424
525
626
727
827
928
1028
1129
1229
1329
1429
1529
1629
1729
1829
1929
2029
2129
2230
2330
2431
2531
2631
2731
2831
2931
3031
3131

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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
298200
398200
497300
596400
696400
795500
893700
991810
1090910
11891010
12871210
13851320
14831520
15821620
16791830
17772030
18762130
19742240
20722440
21702550
22702550
23682660
24672670
25652780
26652780
27642790
28632890
296128101
306128101
316028111

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612light breeze
1712light breeze
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112calm
2212calm
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2512calm
2612calm
2712calm
2812calm
2912calm
3012calm
3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 3:55 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 7:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:336:45
214.24:316:46
314.34:296:47
414.34:286:49
514.44:266:50
614.44:256:52
714.54:236:53
814.54:226:54
914.64:206:56
1014.64:196:57
1114.74:176:58
1214.74:167:00
1314.84:147:01
1414.84:137:02
1514.94:127:04
1614.94:107:05
1715.04:097:06
1815.04:087:08
1915.04:077:09
2015.14:067:10
2115.14:057:11
2215.14:037:12
2315.24:027:14
2415.24:017:15
2515.34:007:16
2615.34:007:17
2715.33:597:18
2815.43:587:19
2915.43:577:20
3015.43:567:21
3115.43:557:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.5Bright
95.5Bright
105.6Bright
115.6Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
145.7Bright
155.7Bright
165.7Bright
175.7Bright
185.7Bright
195.8Bright
205.8Bright
215.8Bright
225.8Bright
235.8Bright
245.8Bright
255.8Bright
265.8Bright
275.8Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Marhanets?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Marhanets for sightseeing.

What to pack for Marhanets in May

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

In May, Marhanets sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Marhanets 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 Marhanets peaks around July 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 16UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Marhanets?

Marhanets sits at 47.6°N, 34.6°E, 30 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Enerhodar, 16 km away.

Tokmak

Topography around Marhanets

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marhanets has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Marhanets is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and water (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
262 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Enerhodar 16 km · Nikopol 19 km · Pokrov 38 km · Dniprorudne 39 km · Zaporizhzhya 44 km · Apostolove 68 km · Vilnyansk 70 km · Tokmak 92 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 Marhanets (47.6309°, 34.6245°, elevation 30 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).