Pyatykhatky weather in May

In May, Pyatykhatky sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 59 mm of rain across 10.6 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 32% 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 Pyatykhatky's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pyatykhatky's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:12 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
56%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Pyatykhatky is city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

Density
987/km²
people per km²
Founded
1886

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

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.

Pyatykhatky 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°378.16.28.60.0
Feb / -6°306.65.29.90.0
Mar / -1°439.64.511.60.7
Apr15° / 438.80.613.44.4
May21° / 10°5910.60156.5
Jun25° / 15°6310.8015.86.7
Jul27° / 17°539.3015.56.6
Aug27° / 16°436.8014.17.1
Sep21° / 11°497012.47.0
Oct13° / 366.80.210.64.0
Nov / 356.7290.5
Dec / -4°367.74.68.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
35149
45050
55050
65050
74951
84951
95050
105050
114951
124951
134951
145050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pyatykhatky gets around 59 mm of rain over 10.6 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 37% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
227
327
428
529
630
730
831
932
1032
1133
1233
1334
1434
1534
1634
1735
1835
1935
2035
2135
2236
2336
2437
2537
2637
2737
2837
2937
3036
3136

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49820
59820
69730
79640
89640
99550
109361
119271
129181
139091
1489101
1588111
1686122
1785132
1884142
1983152
2082162
2180173
2279183
2379183
2477194
2577194
2676204
2775205
2875205
2974215
3074215
3173225

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 4:35 AM to 3:56 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:356:50
214.34:336:52
314.44:316:53
414.44:306:54
514.54:286:56
614.54:266:57
714.64:256:59
814.64:237:00
914.74:227:02
1014.74:207:03
1114.84:197:04
1214.84:177:06
1314.94:167:07
1414.94:147:09
1514.94:137:10
1615.04:127:11
1715.04:107:13
1815.14:097:14
1915.14:087:15
2015.24:077:16
2115.24:057:18
2215.24:047:19
2315.34:037:20
2415.34:027:21
2515.44:017:23
2615.44:007:24
2715.43:597:25
2815.53:587:26
2915.53:587:27
3015.53:577:28
3115.63:567:29

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
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95.6Bright
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pyatykhatky?

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 Pyatykhatky for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pyatykhatky in May

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

In May, Pyatykhatky 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 Pyatykhatky 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 Pyatykhatky peaks around July 16 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 16UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pyatykhatky?

Pyatykhatky sits at 48.4°N, 33.7°E, 169 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Zhovti Vody, 17 km away.

Topography around Pyatykhatky

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pyatykhatky has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 516 m.

The land around Pyatykhatky is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
208 m
80 km
516 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Zhovti Vody 17 km · Vilnohirsk 24 km · Terny 31 km · Oleksandriya 53 km · Verkhnodniprovsk 53 km · Kryvyy Rih 61 km · Horishni Plavni 67 km · Kamyanske 67 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 Pyatykhatky (48.4082°, 33.7092°, elevation 169 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).