Climate averages 1991–2020
Cherkasy weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Cherkasy: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kropyvnytskyi (105 km away). In May its highs average 21.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Cherkasy, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Cherkasy ranks 32nd of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 26th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Cherkasy is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cherkasy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 0.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 31 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 39 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 37 | 8.1 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 20.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 55 | 9.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 24.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 64 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 60 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| August | 25.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 8.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 41 | 7.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 38 | 7.3 | 9.29 h |
| December | 0.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 37 | 8.1 | 8.38 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Kropyvnytskyi in MayUkraine · 105 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Kremenchuk in MayUkraine · 107 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 56 mm rain
- Oleksandriya in MayUkraine · 115 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Bila Tserkva in MayUkraine · 145 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Brovary in MayUkraine · 149 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Uman in MayUkraine · 154 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Kyiv in MayUkraine · 157 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Poltava in MayUkraine · 181 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 52 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cherkasy) is explained once on the Cherkasy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.