Kharkiv Weather in May
Kharkiv in May
The short of it: Kharkiv in May averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 49 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 15 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 49 mm · daylight 15 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
May in Kharkiv brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 11°, with about 49 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 22°, with nights near 11°. Rain is modest, about 49 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 23 min in mid-May, 101 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Kharkiv runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Zhuravlivka, 4 km to the NNE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Kharkiv, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZhuravlivkaKharkiv | 4 km NNE | 22° | 11° | 49 mm |
| SlobidskyiKharkiv | 5 km SSE | 22° | 11° | 48 mm |
| SaltivskyiKharkiv | 5 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 48 mm |
| ShevchenkivskyiKharkiv | 5 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 49 mm |
| OsnovyanskyiKharkiv | 5 km S | 22° | 11° | 48 mm |
| NemyshlyanskyiKharkiv | 6 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 47 mm |
| Kholodna HoraKharkiv | 6 km WNW | 22° | 11° | 49 mm |
| NemyshlyaKharkiv | 6 km ESE | 22° | 11° | 47 mm |