Pavlohrad weather in May

In May, Pavlohrad sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 52 mm of rain across 9.7 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 34% 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 Pavlohrad's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pavlohrad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:03 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Pavlohrad is city in Ukraine.

Density
1,719/km²
people per km²
Founded
1779

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 Pavlohrad 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 15°C and 28°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 Pavlohrad

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.

Pavlohrad 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°398.76.28.60.0
Feb / -6°327.15.19.90.0
Mar / -1°439.4411.60.7
Apr15° / 438.30.413.44.6
May22° / 11°529.70156.7
Jun26° / 15°569.5015.86.8
Jul28° / 17°478.3015.56.6
Aug28° / 16°385.4014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°457.1012.47.1
Oct14° / 396.90.210.64.2
Nov / 376.81.790.5
Dec / -4°387.64.88.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25347
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pavlohrad gets around 52 mm of rain over 9.7 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 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
124
225
325
426
526
626
727
827
928
1028
1128
1228
1329
1429
1529
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1730
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2132
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
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69730
79640
89640
99550
109361
119271
129181
139091
1488102
1587112
1686122
1785132
1884142
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2081163
2179183
2278193
2377194
2476204
2575214
2673225
2773225
2872235
2971245
3070246
3169256

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
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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 4:26 AM to 3:47 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 7:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:266:42
214.34:246:43
314.44:226:45
414.44:216:46
514.54:196:48
614.54:176:49
714.64:166:50
814.64:146:52
914.74:136:53
1014.74:116:55
1114.84:106:56
1214.84:086:58
1314.94:076:59
1414.94:057:00
1515.04:047:02
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1915.13:597:07
2015.23:587:08
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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 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Is May a good time to visit Pavlohrad?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pavlohrad for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pavlohrad in May

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

In May, Pavlohrad sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Pavlohrad 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 Pavlohrad 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pavlohrad in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Pavlohrad is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1815 µg/m³Dec 177 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pavlohrad?

Pavlohrad sits at 48.5°N, 35.9°E, 71 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Ternivka, 15 km away.

Topography around Pavlohrad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pavlohrad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 67 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m.

The land around Pavlohrad is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), trees (30%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
231 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Ternivka 15 km · Synelnykove 34 km · Shakhtarske 44 km · Samar 46 km · Lozova 52 km · Ihren 53 km · Nyzhnodniprovsk 56 km · Pidhorodnye 57 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 Pavlohrad (48.5321°, 35.8688°, elevation 71 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).