Reni weather in May

In May, Reni sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 51 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Reni's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Reni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 51 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 42 min; 4:43 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Reni reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
Avg low (°C)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	21	10
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	25	15
31	25	15

How May really feels in Reni

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Reni 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -3°	33	5.6	3.3	8.9	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	25	5.2	2.5	10.1	0.2
Mar	10° / 2°	37	6.9	1.3	11.6	2.6
Apr	17° / 7°	41	7.8	0.2	13.2	5.5
May	23° / 13°	51	9	0	14.7	7.0
Jun	27° / 17°	58	9	0	15.4	6.7
Jul	29° / 19°	41	7.5	0	15.1	6.0
Aug	29° / 18°	34	5.4	0	13.9	6.4
Sep	24° / 14°	38	5.3	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	17° / 9°	40	5	0	10.7	5.9
Nov	10° / 4°	34	5.7	1	9.3	2.4
Dec	4° / -2°	37	6.1	2.4	8.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	57	57
Cloudier (%)	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	44	43	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Reni gets around 51 mm of rain over 9 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

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 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	95	94	94	93	92	91	90	89	87	86	85	83	81	79	77	75	74	71	69	67	65	63	61	60	58	57	56	54	52	50	49
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	23	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	32	33	33
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5	0	0
2	94	6	0	0
3	94	6	0	0
4	93	7	0	0
5	92	8	0	0
6	91	9	0	0
7	90	10	0	0
8	89	11	0	0
9	87	12	1	0
10	86	13	1	0
11	85	14	1	0
12	83	15	2	0
13	81	16	3	0
14	79	18	3	0
15	77	19	4	0
16	75	20	5	0
17	74	21	5	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	69	24	7	0
20	67	25	8	0
21	65	26	9	0
22	63	27	10	0
23	61	28	11	0
24	60	28	12	0
25	58	29	13	0
26	57	30	13	0
27	56	30	14	0
28	54	31	15	0
29	52	32	15	1
30	50	33	16	1
31	49	33	17	1

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 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 5:03 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:30	4:29
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:03	7:05
2	14.1	5:02	7:06
3	14.1	5:00	7:08
4	14.2	4:59	7:09
5	14.2	4:57	7:10
6	14.3	4:56	7:11
7	14.3	4:54	7:13
8	14.4	4:53	7:14
9	14.4	4:51	7:15
10	14.4	4:50	7:16
11	14.5	4:49	7:18
12	14.5	4:47	7:19
13	14.6	4:46	7:20
14	14.6	4:45	7:21
15	14.6	4:44	7:23
16	14.7	4:43	7:24
17	14.7	4:41	7:25
18	14.8	4:40	7:26
19	14.8	4:39	7:27
20	14.8	4:38	7:28
21	14.9	4:37	7:29
22	14.9	4:36	7:31
23	14.9	4:35	7:32
24	15.0	4:34	7:33
25	15.0	4:33	7:34
26	15.0	4:33	7:35
27	15.1	4:32	7:36
28	15.1	4:31	7:37
29	15.1	4:30	7:38
30	15.2	4:30	7:39
31	15.2	4:29	7:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Reni?

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

5.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Reni for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Reni in May

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

In May, Reni sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Reni 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 Reni peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	7	5	8	8	8	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	5	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Reni?

Reni sits at 45.5°N, 28.3°E, 24 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Galaţi, 18 km away.

Topography around Reni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Reni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m.

The land around Reni is covered by cropland (26%), grassland (24%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

cropland 26%

16 km

162 m

cropland 59%

80 km

463 m

cropland 65%

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← April Reni year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Galaţi 18 km · Brăila 31 km · Bolhrad 36 km · Izmayil 45 km · Cahul 50 km · Tulcea 51 km · Kiliya 77 km · Tecuci 79 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 Reni (45.4542°, 28.2773°, elevation 24 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	21	10
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	25	15
31	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5	0	0
2	94	6	0	0
3	94	6	0	0
4	93	7	0	0
5	92	8	0	0
6	91	9	0	0
7	90	10	0	0
8	89	11	0	0
9	87	12	1	0
10	86	13	1	0
11	85	14	1	0
12	83	15	2	0
13	81	16	3	0
14	79	18	3	0
15	77	19	4	0
16	75	20	5	0
17	74	21	5	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	69	24	7	0
20	67	25	8	0
21	65	26	9	0
22	63	27	10	0
23	61	28	11	0
24	60	28	12	0
25	58	29	13	0
26	57	30	13	0
27	56	30	14	0
28	54	31	15	0
29	52	32	15	1
30	50	33	16	1
31	49	33	17	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	21	10
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	25	15
31	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5	0	0
2	94	6	0	0
3	94	6	0	0
4	93	7	0	0
5	92	8	0	0
6	91	9	0	0
7	90	10	0	0
8	89	11	0	0
9	87	12	1	0
10	86	13	1	0
11	85	14	1	0
12	83	15	2	0
13	81	16	3	0
14	79	18	3	0
15	77	19	4	0
16	75	20	5	0
17	74	21	5	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	69	24	7	0
20	67	25	8	0
21	65	26	9	0
22	63	27	10	0
23	61	28	11	0
24	60	28	12	0
25	58	29	13	0
26	57	30	13	0
27	56	30	14	0
28	54	31	15	0
29	52	32	15	1
30	50	33	16	1
31	49	33	17	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	10
2	21	10
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	25	15
31	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	57	43
31	57	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	25
3	26
4	26
5	27
6	27
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	29
24	30
25	30
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	95	5	0	0
2	94	6	0	0
3	94	6	0	0
4	93	7	0	0
5	92	8	0	0
6	91	9	0	0
7	90	10	0	0
8	89	11	0	0
9	87	12	1	0
10	86	13	1	0
11	85	14	1	0
12	83	15	2	0
13	81	16	3	0
14	79	18	3	0
15	77	19	4	0
16	75	20	5	0
17	74	21	5	0
18	71	23	6	0
19	69	24	7	0
20	67	25	8	0
21	65	26	9	0
22	63	27	10	0
23	61	28	11	0
24	60	28	12	0
25	58	29	13	0
26	57	30	13	0
27	56	30	14	0
28	54	31	15	0
29	52	32	15	1
30	50	33	16	1
31	49	33	17	1