Simferopol weather in May

In May, Simferopol sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 51 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 40% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Simferopol's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Simferopol's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:21 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover
50%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Simferopol is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
3,144/km²
people per km²
Founded
1784

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 Simferopol 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 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Simferopol 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°378.54.690.0
Feb / -2°338410.10.2
Mar / 409.73.211.61.8
Apr15° / 418.40.513.24.8
May21° / 10°519.7014.66.7
Jun26° / 15°6511015.36.8
Jul29° / 17°387.4015.16.5
Aug29° / 17°406.6013.96.6
Sep23° / 12°336012.37.8
Oct17° / 346.30.110.75.9
Nov10° / 366.71.39.42.5
Dec / -1°388.13.48.60.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 41%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25842
35743
45743
55743
65743
75743
85743
95743
105842
115842
125842
135941
145941
155941
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316040

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Simferopol gets around 51 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 31% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
128
228
329
429
530
630
731
831
931
1032
1132
1231
1331
1431
1530
1630
1730
1830
1930
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2130
2231
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2735
2835
2936
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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
29910
39910
49910
59910
69910
79910
89820
99820
109730
119730
129640
139550
149460
159370
169181
1789101
1888111
1986131
2083152
2182162
2280182
2377203
2476213
2573234
2671245
2770255
2868266
2967267
3065278
3165278

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 8:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:417:41
214.05:397:42
314.15:387:43
414.15:367:44
514.25:357:46
614.25:347:47
714.35:327:48
814.35:317:49
914.45:297:51
1014.45:287:52
1114.45:277:53
1214.55:257:54
1314.55:247:55
1414.65:237:57
1514.65:227:58
1614.65:217:59
1714.75:208:00
1814.75:188:01
1914.75:178:02
2014.85:168:03
2114.85:158:05
2214.95:148:06
2314.95:138:07
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2515.05:128:09
2615.05:118:10
2715.05:108:11
2815.05:098:12
2915.15:098:13
3015.15:088:14
3115.15:078:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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95.9Bright
105.9Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
136.0Intense
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286.2Intense
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306.2Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Simferopol?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Simferopol for sightseeing.

What to pack for Simferopol in May

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

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

sun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Simferopol in May

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 39 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 18 to Sep 29 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May15Bracing
Jun20Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug24Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Simferopol 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 Simferopol peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 20UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Simferopol?

Simferopol sits at 45.0°N, 34.1°E, 247 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bakhchysaray, 30 km away.

Topography around Simferopol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Simferopol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 269 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,531 m.

The land around Simferopol is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (32%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
598 m
80 km
1,531 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Bakhchysaray 30 km · Alushta 39 km · Bilohirsk 40 km · Saki 45 km · Yalta 51 km · Sevastopol 61 km · Balaklava 64 km · Yevpatoriya 64 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 Simferopol (44.9572°, 34.1108°, elevation 247 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).