Climate averages 1991–2020
Sevastopol 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 Sevastopol: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 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 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yalta (52 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sevastopol, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Sevastopol ranks 58th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Sevastopol is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 33 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
Sevastopol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 48 | 9.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 40 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 37 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 31 | 6.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 26 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 33 | 6.7 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 21 | 4.2 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 21 | 4.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 39 | 6.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 44 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 49 | 9.7 | 8.99 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
- Yalta in MayUkraine · 52 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Simferopol in MayUkraine · 61 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in MayUkraine · 67 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Kerch in MayUkraine · 247 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Melitopol in MayUkraine · 288 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MayUkraine · 289 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Odesa in MayUkraine · 301 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 336 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 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 Sevastopol) is explained once on the Sevastopol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.