Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhtarsk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Shakhtarsk: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenakiyeve (27 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Shakhtarsk, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Shakhtarsk ranks joint 22nd of 59 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Shakhtarsk is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 57 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
Shakhtarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | -0.4°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 43 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 57 | 9.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 44 | 8.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 38 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -0.2°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Yenakiyeve in MayUkraine · 27 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in MayUkraine · 37 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Makiyivka in MayUkraine · 38 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Horlivka in MayUkraine · 41 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Donetsk in MayUkraine · 47 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Alchevsk in MayUkraine · 53 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Kadiyivka in MayUkraine · 59 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Bakhmut in MayUkraine · 68 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.9°C · 55 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 Shakhtarsk) is explained once on the Shakhtarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.