Oleksandriya weather in May

In May, Oleksandriya sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 15 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 30% 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 Oleksandriya's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oleksandriya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:13 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Oleksandriya is city in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
1,384/km²
people per km²
Founded
1754

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 Oleksandriya 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 15°C and 27°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 Oleksandriya

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.

Oleksandriya 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-1° / -6°367.86.48.50.0
Feb / -5°3075.19.80.0
Mar / -1°429.54.611.60.7
Apr14° / 428.40.513.44.4
May21° / 10°5510.50156.5
Jun25° / 15°6610.7015.96.7
Jul27° / 16°549.5015.56.8
Aug27° / 15°466.8014.27.3
Sep21° / 10°517.3012.46.8
Oct13° / 407.10.210.53.9
Nov / 366.82.490.5
Dec / -4°367.54.78.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35050
45050
55050
65050
74951
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94951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oleksandriya gets around 55 mm of rain over 10.5 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 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
227
327
428
528
629
730
831
931
1032
1133
1233
1334
1434
1534
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2135
2236
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2935
3034
3133

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 (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79730
89640
99640
109550
119460
129271
139181
149091
1589101
1688111
1787121
1886131
1984142
2083152
2183152
2282162
2380173
2480173
2579183
2678184
2777194
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2976195
3075205
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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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 4:36 AM to 3:57 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:366:53
214.34:356:55
314.44:336:56
414.44:316:58
514.54:306:59
614.54:287:00
714.64:267:02
814.64:257:03
914.74:237:05
1014.74:227:06
1114.84:207:08
1214.84:197:09
1314.94:177:10
1414.94:167:12
1515.04:147:13
1615.04:137:14
1715.14:127:16
1815.14:117:17
1915.24:097:18
2015.24:087:20
2115.24:077:21
2215.34:067:22
2315.34:057:23
2415.44:047:25
2515.44:037:26
2615.44:027:27
2715.54:017:28
2815.54:007:29
2915.53:597:30
3015.63:587:32
3115.63:577:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oleksandriya?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Oleksandriya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oleksandriya in May

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

In May, Oleksandriya sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Oleksandriya 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 Oleksandriya peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Oleksandriya?

Oleksandriya sits at 48.7°N, 33.1°E, 99 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Znamyanka, 34 km away.

Topography around Oleksandriya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oleksandriya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 m.

The land around Oleksandriya is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
128 m
80 km
538 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Znamyanka 34 km · Svitlovodsk 44 km · Kryukiv 46 km · Zhovti Vody 46 km · Rakivka 46 km · Kremenchuk 48 km · Avtozavodskyi 52 km · Pyatykhatky 53 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 Oleksandriya (48.6747°, 33.1176°, elevation 99 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).