Climate averages 1991–2020
Odesa weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th 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 Odesa: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (94 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Odesa, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Odesa ranks joint 33rd of 59 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Odesa is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 44 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
Odesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 34 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 32 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 31 | 7.0 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 33 | 5.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 36 | 4.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 32 | 5.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 30 | 5.9 | 8.79 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
- Tiraspol in MayMoldova · 94 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Bender in MayMoldova · 104 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MayUkraine · 110 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Chisinau in MayMoldova · 155 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Galaţi in MayRomania · 239 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in MayUkraine · 248 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Iaşi in MayRomania · 251 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Kropyvnytskyi in MayUkraine · 252 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 53 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 Odesa) is explained once on the Odesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.