Ukraine in May: where is it warmest?
In May, Mykolaiv is the warmest place with 22 °C by day, Sevastopol the coolest with 18 °C. 19 of 22 destinations have good holiday weather.
All destinations in May, warmest first
Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.
| Place | Score | Air | Sea | Sun | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mykolaiv | 90 | 22° | 16° | 9 h | 9 |
| Bakhmut | 88 | 22° | – | 9 h | 9 |
| Kryvyi Rih | 86 | 22° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Kherson | 52 | 22° | 15° | 9 h | 8 |
| Odesa | 93 | 21° | 15° | 10 h | 7 |
| Mariupol | 91 | 21° | 17° | 10 h | 8 |
| Luhansk | 90 | 21° | – | 9 h | 9 |
| Dnipro | 88 | 21° | – | 9 h | 9 |
| Zaporizhzhia | 88 | 21° | – | 9 h | 9 |
| Donetsk | 87 | 21° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Kharkiv | 86 | 21° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Uman | 85 | 21° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Kyiv | 85 | 20° | – | 9 h | 10 |
| Vinnytsia | 83 | 20° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Uzhhorod | 82 | 20° | – | 9 h | 12 |
| Chernivtsi | 80 | 20° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Feodosiia | 39 | 20° | 15° | 8 h | 6 |
| Zhytomyr | 83 | 19° | – | 8 h | 11 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 74 | 19° | – | 8 h | 14 |
| Lviv | 73 | 19° | – | 8 h | 15 |
| Yalta | 31 | 19° | 15° | 8 h | 8 |
| Sevastopol | 88 | 18° | 15° | 8 h | 8 |
Ukraine in May: quick answers
Ukraine in May: where is it warmest?
The warmest places in May are Mykolaiv (22 °C), Bakhmut (22 °C) and Kryvyi Rih (22 °C).
Ukraine in May: where is the sea warmest?
The sea is warmest at Mariupol (17 °C), Mykolaiv (16 °C) and Kherson (15 °C).
Ukraine in May: where is the weather best?
The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Odesa, Mariupol and Mykolaiv.
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Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences