Mukachevo weather in May

In May, Mukachevo sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 98 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 15 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mukachevo's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mukachevo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:55 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Mukachevo is city in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
3,169/km²
people per km²
Founded
~701 CE

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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mukachevo reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°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 Mukachevo

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.

Mukachevo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°7512.38.98.60.0
Feb / -4°7311.57.99.90.0
Mar / -0°7111.63.311.61.5
Apr15° / 66110.813.44.5
May20° / 9814.40155.7
Jun23° / 13°10113.5015.86.3
Jul25° / 14°10513.5015.56.4
Aug25° / 14°7610.6014.16.9
Sep20° / 10°8110.2012.46.2
Oct14° / 9110.80.410.64.0
Nov / 8711.83.591.1
Dec / -3°9512.37.88.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 (%)
15347
25248
35149
45149
55149
65149
75050
85050
95050
104951
114852
124852
134852
144753
154753
164852
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184852
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204753
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284852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mukachevo gets around 98 mm of rain over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
241
341
442
543
643
744
845
945
1045
1146
1246
1346
1446
1546
1646
1746
1846
1946
2046
2147
2247
2347
2448
2548
2648
2748
2848
2947
3047
3147

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 (%)
19730
29640
39640
49550
59550
69460
79460
89370
99370
109280
119190
1290100
1389110
1489110
1588120
1687130
1786140
1885150
1983170
2082180
2181190
2279201
2377221
2476231
2575241
2674251
2772262
2871272
2969283
3068284
3166295

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 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 5:18 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.35:187:34
214.35:177:36
314.45:157:37
414.45:137:39
514.55:127:40
614.55:107:41
714.65:097:43
814.65:077:44
914.75:057:46
1014.75:047:47
1114.85:027:48
1214.85:017:50
1314.95:007:51
1414.94:587:53
1515.04:577:54
1615.04:557:55
1715.04:547:57
1815.14:537:58
1915.14:527:59
2015.24:508:00
2115.24:498:02
2215.24:488:03
2315.34:478:04
2415.34:468:05
2515.44:458:07
2615.44:448:08
2715.44:438:09
2815.54:428:10
2915.54:418:11
3015.54:418:12
3115.64:408:13

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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285.5Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mukachevo?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mukachevo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mukachevo in May

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

In May, Mukachevo sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Mukachevo 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 Mukachevo peaks around June 23 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mukachevo?

Mukachevo sits at 48.4°N, 22.7°E, 120 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Svalyava, 23 km away.

Topography around Mukachevo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mukachevo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m around an average of 133 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 780 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,608 m.

The land around Mukachevo is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (46%), cropland (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
190 m
16 km
780 m
80 km
1,608 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Svalyava 23 km · Berehove 27 km · Uzhhorod 37 km · Vynohradiv 41 km · Khust 52 km · Kisvárda 53 km · Mátészalka 62 km · Michalovce 68 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 Mukachevo (48.4425°, 22.718°, elevation 120 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).