Vinnytsya weather in May

In May, Vinnytsya sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 62 mm of rain across 11.6 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Vinnytsya's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vinnytsya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:30 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
61%
4th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Vinnytsya is capital city of Vinnytsia Oblast in western Ukraine.

Density
3,799/km²
people per km²
Founded
1363

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vinnytsya reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Vinnytsya 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-1° / -6°3076.28.50.0
Feb / -5°327.76.29.80.0
Mar / -1°399.44.111.60.7
Apr14° / 47100.913.44.0
May20° / 10°6211.6015.16.1
Jun23° / 13°7912.2015.96.5
Jul25° / 15°8412.5015.66.5
Aug25° / 14°608.7014.27.1
Sep19° / 10°589012.46.2
Oct13° / 407.40.410.53.5
Nov / 397.72.98.90.5
Dec / -4°3585.88.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34951
44951
54951
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74951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vinnytsya gets around 62 mm of rain over 11.6 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 37% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
230
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430
531
631
732
832
933
1034
1135
1235
1336
1437
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2041
2141
2242
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2743
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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 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
39910
49910
59910
69820
79820
89730
99730
109640
119550
129460
139370
149370
159280
169190
1790100
1889110
1988120
2087130
2185141
2284151
2384151
2483161
2581172
2680182
2780182
2878193
2978193
3076204
3175214

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 4:53 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:537:13
214.44:527:15
314.44:507:16
414.54:487:18
514.54:477:19
614.64:457:21
714.64:437:22
814.74:427:24
914.74:407:25
1014.84:387:26
1114.84:377:28
1214.94:357:29
1314.94:347:31
1415.04:337:32
1515.04:317:34
1615.14:307:35
1715.14:287:36
1815.24:277:38
1915.24:267:39
2015.34:257:40
2115.34:237:42
2215.34:227:43
2315.44:217:44
2415.44:207:45
2515.54:197:47
2615.54:187:48
2715.54:177:49
2815.64:167:50
2915.64:157:51
3015.64:147:52
3115.74:147:53

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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65.4Bright
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275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vinnytsya?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Vinnytsya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vinnytsya in May

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

In May, Vinnytsya sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Vinnytsya 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 Vinnytsya peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 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 15UV 7Jan 11UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vinnytsya?

Vinnytsya sits at 49.2°N, 28.5°E, 248 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Kalynivka, 26 km away.

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Topography around Vinnytsya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vinnytsya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 267 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Vinnytsya is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, cropland (44%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
166 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Kalynivka 26 km · Zhmerynka 34 km · Khmilnyk 52 km · Kozyatyn 60 km · Bar 60 km · Tulchyn 69 km · Berdychiv 74 km · Haysyn 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 Vinnytsya (49.2322°, 28.4687°, elevation 248 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).