Chernihiv Weather in May
Chernihiv in May
The short of it: Chernihiv in May averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 9 °C (48 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 15 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 9° · rain 52 mm · daylight 15 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Chernihiv an average May high of 21°, a low of 9° and some 52 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against April, to near 21°; nights run about 9°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 35 min in mid-May, 108 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and June.
Against its neighbours, Chernihiv runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Desnyanskyi, 2 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
May in Chernihiv, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DesnyanskyiChernihiv Oblast | 2 km E | 21° | 9° | 53 mm |
| NovozavodskyiChernihiv Oblast | 3 km SW | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |
| KotyChernihiv Oblast | 3 km NNW | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |
| MasanyChernihiv Oblast | 5 km NW | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |
| Staryi BilousChernihiv Oblast | 5 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 51 mm |
| Novyi BilousChernihiv Oblast | 8 km WNW | 21° | 9° | 53 mm |
| KyinkaChernihiv Oblast | 9 km SW | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |
| KolychivkaChernihiv Oblast | 10 km S | 21° | 9° | 52 mm |