Starobilsk weather in May

In May, Starobilsk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 51 mm of rain across 9.5 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-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 31% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Starobilsk's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Starobilsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
51 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
3:48 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Starobilsk is city in eastern Ukraine.

Density
1,197/km²
people per km²
Founded
1686

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 Starobilsk reaches about 22°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 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 Starobilsk

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.

Starobilsk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -7°449.588.50.0
Feb-1° / -7°358.16.59.80.0
Mar / -2°389.24.711.50.5
Apr15° / 499.10.513.44.5
May22° / 10°519.5015.16.7
Jun26° / 15°599.7015.96.8
Jul28° / 17°558.6015.66.5
Aug27° / 15°336014.27.0
Sep21° / 10°436.9012.47.0
Oct13° / 417.70.710.53.9
Nov / -1°387.42.68.90.3
Dec-1° / -5°469.46.38.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Starobilsk gets around 51 mm of rain over 9.5 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 32% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39820
49820
59730
69730
79640
89550
99460
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
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2780173
2880173
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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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light 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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:12 AM to 3:32 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:126:32
214.44:106:33
314.44:086:35
414.54:066:36
514.54:056:38
614.64:036:39
714.74:016:40
814.74:006:42
914.83:586:43
1014.83:576:45
1114.93:556:46
1214.93:546:48
1315.03:526:49
1415.03:516:51
1515.03:496:52
1615.13:486:53
1715.13:476:55
1815.23:456:56
1915.23:446:57
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2115.33:417:00
2215.43:407:01
2315.43:397:03
2415.43:387:04
2515.53:377:05
2615.53:367:06
2715.53:357:07
2815.63:347:09
2915.63:337:10
3015.63:327:11
3115.73:327:12

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 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in June 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 Starobilsk?

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
4.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Starobilsk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Starobilsk in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Starobilsk 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 Starobilsk peaks around June 20 at about 8 (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 20UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Starobilsk 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 Starobilsk is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1714 µg/m³Dec 196 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun9Good
Jul12Good
Aug9Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Starobilsk?

Starobilsk sits at 49.3°N, 38.9°E, 59 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Siverskodonetsk, 48 km away.

HolubivkaSokolohirskKadiyivka

Topography around Starobilsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Starobilsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m.

The land around Starobilsk is covered by trees (37%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
146 m
80 km
237 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
May weather nearby: Siverskodonetsk 48 km · Rubizhne 49 km · Lysychansk 54 km · Svatove 56 km · Kreminna 56 km · Holubivka 74 km · Sokolohirsk 78 km · Kadiyivka 81 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 Starobilsk (49.2788°, 38.9075°, elevation 59 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).