Nova Kakhovka weather in May

In May, Nova Kakhovka sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 46 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nova Kakhovka's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nova Kakhovka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:18 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Nova Kakhovka is town in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
1,957/km²
people per km²
Founded
1952

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nova Kakhovka reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Nova Kakhovka

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.

Nova Kakhovka 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 / -4°327.14.18.80.0
Feb / -4°296.32.7100.0
Mar / 337.62.111.61.5
Apr16° / 367.20.213.35.2
May22° / 11°468.9014.87.0
Jun27° / 16°478.6015.66.9
Jul29° / 18°305.8015.36.1
Aug29° / 18°3050146.4
Sep23° / 13°375.9012.47.6
Oct16° / 295.10.110.65.4
Nov / 345.80.89.21.5
Dec / -2°32628.40.0

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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nova Kakhovka gets around 46 mm of rain over 8.9 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 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
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794600
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306127120
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 4:40 AM to 4:04 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:406:48
214.24:386:49
314.24:376:50
414.34:356:52
514.34:346:53
614.44:326:54
714.44:316:56
814.54:296:57
914.54:286:58
1014.64:267:00
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1614.84:187:07
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2815.34:067:21
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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286.0Bright
296.0Intense
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nova Kakhovka?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Nova Kakhovka for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Nova Kakhovka in May

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

In May, Nova Kakhovka sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nova Kakhovka 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 Nova Kakhovka peaks around July 21 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nova Kakhovka?

Nova Kakhovka sits at 46.8°N, 33.4°E, 16 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kakhovka, 11 km away.

ArmyanskSkadovskYany KapuApostoloveMykolayiv

Topography around Nova Kakhovka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nova Kakhovka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m.

The land around Nova Kakhovka is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), water (29%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
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16 km
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80 km
99 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kakhovka 11 km · Oleshky 50 km · Kherson 58 km · Armyansk 77 km · Skadovsk 80 km · Yany Kapu 95 km · Apostolove 104 km · Mykolayiv 106 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 Nova Kakhovka (46.7597°, 33.3559°, elevation 16 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).