Podilsk weather in May

In May, Podilsk sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 55 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Podilsk's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Podilsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:30 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Podilsk is city in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Residence of Podilsk urban hromada (municipality) and Podilsk Raion (district).

Density
1,544/km²
people per km²
Founded
1865

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 Podilsk reaches about 21°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 27°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 Podilsk

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.

Podilsk weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -5°327.25.18.70.0
Feb / -4°2763.99.90.0
Mar / -0°3582.911.61.3
Apr15° / 448.70.413.44.7
May21° / 11°5510.4014.96.5
Jun25° / 15°6810.7015.76.7
Jul27° / 16°639.4015.46.7
Aug27° / 16°467.3014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°567.7012.46.9
Oct14° / 386.70.110.64.5
Nov / 356.129.10.9
Dec / -3°316.848.30.0

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%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
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35149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Podilsk gets around 55 mm of rain over 10.4 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 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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228
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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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
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109550
119460
129370
139280
149190
1590100
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1786131
1885141
1984151
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2182162
2281172
2380182
2479183
2578193
2677194
2776204
2875205
2974215
3073216
3172226

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 11 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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 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 4:53 AM to 4:15 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:537:05
214.34:517:07
314.34:507:08
414.44:487:09
514.44:467:11
614.54:457:12
714.54:437:14
814.64:427:15
914.64:407:16
1014.74:397:18
1114.74:377:19
1214.74:367:20
1314.84:347:22
1414.84:337:23
1514.94:327:24
1614.94:307:26
1715.04:297:27
1815.04:287:28
1915.04:277:30
2015.14:267:31
2115.14:257:32
2215.24:237:33
2315.24:227:34
2415.24:217:36
2515.34:207:37
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2815.44:187:40
2915.44:177:41
3015.44:167:42
3115.54:157:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.67 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 Podilsk?

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
4.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Podilsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Podilsk in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Podilsk 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 Podilsk peaks around July 14 at about 8 (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 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Podilsk?

Podilsk sits at 47.7°N, 29.5°E, 248 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Balta, 22 km away.

FloreştiChisinauStrășeniDurleşti

Topography around Podilsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Podilsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 215 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m.

The land around Podilsk is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (25%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
184 m
80 km
354 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Balta 22 km · Rîbniţa 39 km · Dubăsari 60 km · Orhei 67 km · Floreşti 94 km · Chisinau 97 km · Strășeni 97 km · Durleşti 99 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 Podilsk (47.7499°, 29.5307°, elevation 248 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).