Climate averages 1991–2020
Simferopol weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Simferopol: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yalta (51 km away). In May its highs average 18.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Simferopol, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Simferopol ranks joint 16th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Simferopol is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 65 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
Simferopol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | 4.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 40 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 41 | 8.4 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 20.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 65 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 38 | 7.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 33 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 36 | 6.7 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 38 | 8.1 | 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
- Yalta in MayUkraine · 51 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sevastopol in MayUkraine · 61 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in MayUkraine · 64 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Kerch in MayUkraine · 191 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Melitopol in MayUkraine · 232 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MayUkraine · 278 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Berdyansk in MayUkraine · 288 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 289 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 Simferopol) is explained once on the Simferopol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.