Climate · Kyiv

Kyiv in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kyiv is warm: highs near 70°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Kyiv is warm: highs near 21°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 17 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
15h 28mon average

Is May a good time to visit Kyiv?


A good month, just outside Kyiv's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 70°F in May, against 32°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against 0°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in May, against 29% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in May, against 39% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

15h 28m in May, against 8h 05m to 16h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April58°14°low 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May70°21°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. June78°26°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kyiv sits, in May

Europe/Kiev

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:11 AMsets 8:37 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Kyiv, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Kyiv is our one place in Ukraine so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kyiv. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.