Sudak weather in May

In May, Sudak sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 Sudak's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sudak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
5th warmest
Overnight low
14°
8th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:18 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Sudak is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density
1,106/km²
people per km²
Founded
~211 BCE

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 14°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sudak reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 19°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 Sudak

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.

Sudak weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 338.13.190.1
Feb / 277.52.710.10.0
Mar / 3481.411.60.8
Apr11° / 235.60.213.22.9
May16° / 14°235.1014.65.8
Jun21° / 19°295.2015.37.7
Jul24° / 22°173.40158.7
Aug25° / 22°193.4013.98.7
Sep20° / 18°234.3012.37.7
Oct15° / 13°366.3010.75.2
Nov10° / 387.60.59.42.5
Dec / 378.62.48.70.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
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66634
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sudak gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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215
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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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196400
295500
394600
493700
592800
691900
7891100
8881200
9861400
10841510
11821710
12791920
13772120
14742330
15722440
16692650
17662770
18632980
196030100
205831110
215333131
225134141
234834161
244635181
254336192
264137202
273837223
283638233
293438244
303238254
313139265

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:38 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 8:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:387:37
214.05:367:38
314.15:357:39
414.15:337:41
514.25:327:42
614.25:307:43
714.35:297:44
814.35:287:46
914.35:267:47
1014.45:257:48
1114.45:247:49
1214.55:227:50
1314.55:217:52
1414.55:207:53
1514.65:197:54
1614.65:187:55
1714.75:167:56
1814.75:157:57
1914.75:147:59
2014.85:138:00
2114.85:128:01
2214.85:118:02
2314.95:108:03
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2715.05:078:07
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3015.15:058:10
3115.15:048:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
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36.0Intense
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56.1Intense
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296.6Intense
306.6Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sudak?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sudak for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sudak in May

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

In May, Sudak sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

Sea temperature near Sudak 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Oct 1 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Sudak 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 Sudak peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 20UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sudak?

Sudak sits at 44.8°N, 35.0°E, 33 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bilohirsk, 37 km away.

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Topography around Sudak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sudak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 556 m around an average of 77 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,530 m.

The land around Sudak is covered by grassland (35%), artificial surfaces (23%) and water (23%) within 3 km, water (41%), trees (35%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and water (41%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
556 m
16 km
959 m
80 km
1,530 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Bilohirsk 37 km · Feodosiya 38 km · Alushta 49 km · Simferopol 69 km · Yalta 75 km · Bakhchysaray 89 km · Dzhankoy 106 km · Saki 113 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 Sudak (44.8492°, 34.9747°, elevation 33 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).