Oleshky weather in May

In May, Oleshky sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 47 mm of rain across 9.1 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 37% 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 Oleshky's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oleshky's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
47 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:21 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
53%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

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 Oleshky 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Oleshky

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.

Oleshky 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°326.93.88.80.0
Feb / -3°296.12.8100.0
Mar / 3381.911.61.6
Apr16° / 377.30.213.35.2
May22° / 11°479.1014.87.0
Jun27° / 16°538.9015.66.9
Jul30° / 18°326015.36.0
Aug29° / 17°335.50146.3
Sep23° / 13°405.9012.47.6
Oct16° / 2850.110.65.5
Nov / 335.60.89.21.6
Dec / -2°326.32.28.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25644
35644
45545
55545
65545
75545
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95446
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oleshky gets around 47 mm of rain over 9.1 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 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
223
323
424
525
626
727
827
927
1028
1128
1228
1328
1428
1528
1628
1728
1829
1929
2029
2130
2230
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2432
2532
2633
2733
2833
2933
3033
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 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29820
39820
49730
59730
69640
79550
89460
99370
109280
119190
1289101
1387121
1486131
1584151
1682162
1780182
1878193
1977203
2075214
2173225
2272235
2370246
2468257
2566268
2665269
2764279
28632710
29622810
30612811
31612811

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
112calm
212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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 4:43 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:436:50
214.24:416:51
314.24:406:53
414.34:386:54
514.34:366:55
614.44:356:57
714.44:336:58
814.54:326:59
914.54:317:01
1014.54:297:02
1114.64:287:03
1214.64:267:04
1314.74:257:06
1414.74:247:07
1514.84:227:08
1614.84:217:09
1714.84:207:11
1814.94:197:12
1914.94:187:13
2015.04:177:14
2115.04:167:15
2215.04:157:17
2315.14:147:18
2415.14:137:19
2515.14:127:20
2615.24:117:21
2715.24:107:22
2815.24:097:23
2915.34:087:24
3015.34:087:25
3115.34:077:26

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.84 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oleshky?

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 Oleshky for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Oleshky in May

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

In May, Oleshky 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

Sea temperature near Oleshky in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 16 to Sep 18 — about 3.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May15Bracing
Jun20Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug24Refreshing
Sep20Refreshing
Oct16Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Oleshky 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 Oleshky peaks around July 22 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 22UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Oleshky?

Oleshky sits at 46.6°N, 32.7°E, 8 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kherson, 8.0 km away.

ArmyanskYany KapuPivdenne

Topography around Oleshky

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oleshky has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m.

The land around Oleshky is covered by wetland (33%), artificial surfaces (27%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (30%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
84 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kherson 8.0 km · Nova Kakhovka 50 km · Skadovsk 59 km · Kakhovka 61 km · Mykolayiv 68 km · Armyansk 94 km · Yany Kapu 111 km · Pivdenne 124 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 Oleshky (46.6255°, 32.7243°, elevation 8 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).