Ovruch weather in May

In May, Ovruch sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ovruch's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ovruch's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 18 min
4:21 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Ovruch is city in the Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
1,704/km²
people per km²
Founded
~977 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ovruch 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 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°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 Ovruch

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.

Ovruch weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°338.76.88.20.0
Feb-0° / -6°328.16.69.60.0
Mar / -2°43104.811.50.5
Apr14° / 4510.10.813.53.9
May20° / 6511.7015.36.0
Jun23° / 13°7011.7016.36.5
Jul25° / 15°9513.7015.96.3
Aug24° / 13°619.7014.47.0
Sep19° / 519.1012.46.0
Oct12° / 4790.410.43.1
Nov / -0°418.43.38.60.3
Dec-0° / -4°379.25.97.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24951
34852
44852
54753
64753
74654
84654
94555
104555
114357
124357
134357
144258
154258
164258
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184159
194159
204060
214258
224258
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254357
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284456
294555
304555
314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ovruch gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
132
233
333
433
534
634
735
835
936
1036
1137
1237
1338
1438
1538
1638
1738
1838
1939
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2139
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2739
2839
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3039
3139

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59820
69820
79730
89730
99541
109451
119361
129271
139181
1489101
1588111
1687121
1785132
1884142
1983152
2081163
2180173
2279183
2378184
2478184
2577194
2676195
2776195
2875196
2975196
3075196
3173207

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:47 AM to 4:03 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 8:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:477:17
214.64:457:19
314.64:437:21
414.74:417:22
514.74:397:24
614.84:377:26
714.94:357:27
814.94:347:29
915.04:327:30
1015.04:307:32
1115.14:297:34
1215.14:277:35
1315.24:257:37
1415.24:247:38
1515.34:227:40
1615.34:217:41
1715.44:197:43
1815.44:187:44
1915.54:177:46
2015.54:157:47
2115.64:147:49
2215.64:137:50
2315.74:117:51
2415.74:107:53
2515.84:097:54
2615.84:087:55
2715.84:077:57
2815.94:067:58
2915.94:057:59
3015.94:048:00
3116.04:038:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.1Bright
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245.4Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ovruch?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ovruch for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ovruch in May

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

In May, Ovruch sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ovruch 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 Ovruch peaks around June 23 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ovruch?

Ovruch sits at 51.3°N, 28.8°E, 157 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Korosten, 43 km away.

MazyrKalinkovichiRadomyshlChernobylKorostyshivZvyahel

Topography around Ovruch

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ovruch has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m.

The land around Ovruch is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (28%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
181 m
80 km
295 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Korosten 43 km · Malyn 69 km · Mazyr 84 km · Kalinkovichi 97 km · Radomyshl 97 km · Chernobyl 99 km · Korostyshiv 114 km · Zvyahel 117 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 Ovruch (51.3274°, 28.8016°, elevation 157 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).