Climate averages 1991–2020
Kerch weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kerch: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novorossiysk (123 km away). In May its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Kerch, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kerch ranks joint 44th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Kerch is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Kerch climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 39 | 8.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 4.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 7.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 35 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 30 | 6.7 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 35 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 4.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 41 | 8.9 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 123 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Berdyansk in MayUkraine · 157 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Melitopol in MayUkraine · 186 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Simferopol in MayUkraine · 191 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Krasnodar in MayRussia · 199 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Yeysk in MayRussia · 204 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Yalta in MayUkraine · 205 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Mariupol in MayUkraine · 210 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 41 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 Kerch) is explained once on the Kerch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.