Climate averages 1991–2020
Yalta weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 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 Yalta: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Simferopol (51 km away). In May its highs average 20.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Yalta, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Yalta ranks joint 52nd of 59 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 20.2°C; Yalta is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 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
Yalta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.2°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 30 | 7.1 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 18.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 33 | 7.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 44 | 8.2 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 36 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 34 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 6.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 36 | 5.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 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
- Simferopol in MayUkraine · 51 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Sevastopol in MayUkraine · 52 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in MayUkraine · 100 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Kerch in MayUkraine · 205 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Melitopol in MayUkraine · 277 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MayRussia · 286 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MayUkraine · 323 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Berdyansk in MayUkraine · 323 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 36 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 Yalta) is explained once on the Yalta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.