Svatove weather in May

In May, Svatove sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 52 mm of rain across 10 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 Svatove's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Svatove's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
9th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
3:50 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
57%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Svatove is city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.

Density
598/km²
people per km²
Founded
1660

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 Svatove 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 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 Svatove

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.

Svatove 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°439.58.18.40.0
Feb-1° / -7°358.56.89.80.0
Mar / -2°409.64.911.50.5
Apr15° / 469.30.713.44.4
May21° / 10°5210015.16.6
Jun25° / 15°6110.40166.8
Jul28° / 17°538.9015.66.6
Aug27° / 15°376.3014.27.1
Sep21° / 10°457.3012.46.9
Oct13° / 4380.610.53.7
Nov / -1°397.63.18.90.3
Dec-1° / -5°469.16.680.0

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
35149
45149
55248
65248
75149
85248
95248
105248
115248
125248
135248
145248
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Svatove gets around 52 mm of rain over 10 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
229
329
429
530
630
730
831
931
1031
1132
1232
1333
1433
1533
1633
1733
1833
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2133
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2434
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2734
2834
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3033
3133

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
39910
49820
59820
69730
79640
89550
99460
109370
119280
129190
1390100
1489110
1589110
1688120
1787130
1886140
1985150
2084151
2183161
2283161
2382162
2481172
2581172
2680173
2780173
2880173
2980173
3079183
3178184

Wind in May

Winds average 13 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 4:14 AM to 3:34 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:146:35
214.44:136:36
314.54:116:38
414.54:096:39
514.64:076:41
614.64:066:42
714.74:046:44
814.74:026:45
914.84:016:47
1014.83:596:48
1114.93:586:50
1214.93:566:51
1315.03:556:53
1415.03:536:54
1515.13:526:55
1615.13:506:57
1715.23:496:58
1815.23:487:00
1915.23:467:01
2015.33:457:02
2115.33:447:04
2215.43:437:05
2315.43:427:06
2415.43:417:07
2515.53:407:09
2615.53:397:10
2715.63:387:11
2815.63:377:12
2915.63:367:13
3015.73:357:14
3115.73:347:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.53 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 Svatove?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Svatove for sightseeing.

What to pack for Svatove in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Svatove in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Svatove peaks around June 21 at about 7 (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 21UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Svatove 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 Svatove is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodMar 1815 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr11Good
May8Good
Jun9Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep7Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Svatove?

Svatove sits at 49.4°N, 38.2°E, 97 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kreminna, 40 km away.

Topography around Svatove

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Svatove has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 88 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m.

The land around Svatove is covered by trees (31%), grassland (27%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
147 m
80 km
224 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Kreminna 40 km · Kivsharivka 42 km · Rubizhne 47 km · Kupyansk 51 km · Lyman 53 km · Starobilsk 56 km · Siverskodonetsk 57 km · Lysychansk 59 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 Svatove (49.4093°, 38.1553°, elevation 97 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).