Zvenyhorodka weather in May

In May, Zvenyhorodka sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 58 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 15 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 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zvenyhorodka's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zvenyhorodka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 06 min
4:20 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
59%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Zvenyhorodka is city of Ukraine.

Density
793/km²
people per km²
Founded
1394

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 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zvenyhorodka reaches about 21°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 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Zvenyhorodka

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.

Zvenyhorodka 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°337.86.58.50.0
Feb / -5°296.75.39.80.0
Mar / -1°388.83.811.60.8
Apr15° / 449.20.613.44.4
May21° / 10°5811.10156.3
Jun24° / 14°7211.2015.96.7
Jul26° / 16°6310.4015.66.7
Aug26° / 15°487.5014.27.3
Sep20° / 10°528.1012.46.6
Oct13° / 417.20.310.53.8
Nov / 387.22.78.90.5
Dec / -4°367.75.18.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
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55149
65050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zvenyhorodka gets around 58 mm of rain over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
129
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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 (%)
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89640
99550
109460
119370
129280
139190
1490100
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1985150
2084160
2182171
2281181
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2479192
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2678202
2776213
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2975223
3074224
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of May to 15 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:44 AM to 4:04 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.34:447:03
214.44:427:04
314.44:407:06
414.54:397:07
514.54:377:09
614.64:357:10
714.64:347:12
814.74:327:13
914.74:317:15
1014.84:297:16
1114.84:277:17
1214.94:267:19
1314.94:257:20
1415.04:237:22
1515.04:227:23
1615.14:207:24
1715.14:197:26
1815.24:187:27
1915.24:167:28
2015.24:157:30
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2215.34:137:32
2315.44:127:34
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2515.44:107:36
2615.54:097:37
2715.54:087:38
2815.54:077:40
2915.64:067:41
3015.64:057:42
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.57 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 Zvenyhorodka?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zvenyhorodka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zvenyhorodka in May

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

In May, Zvenyhorodka sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Zvenyhorodka 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 Zvenyhorodka peaks around July 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zvenyhorodka?

Zvenyhorodka sits at 49.1°N, 31.0°E, 148 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Bahacheve, 10 km away.

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Topography around Zvenyhorodka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zvenyhorodka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 265 m.

The land around Zvenyhorodka is covered by cropland (45%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (71%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
265 m
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May weather nearby: Bahacheve 10 km · Shpola 32 km · Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi 43 km · Bohuslav 53 km · Uman 65 km · Smila 69 km · Kaniv 84 km · Cherkasy 89 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 Zvenyhorodka (49.0776°, 30.9607°, elevation 148 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).