After a cool April, many hoped that May would bring truly warm weather. Indeed, there were several days during the month that felt like summer, but short warm spells were followed by cold snaps, and this repeated several times. Now, having endured prolonged rains, we again expect warmth. It will come, but not as we imagined it — thermometers across most of the country will rise only a few degrees, and precipitation will become less frequent and local in nature.
On Friday, May 21, daytime temperatures are expected to be +17…+18°C, with the exception of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, where the air will warm up to +23°C. Rain is possible on this day in Rivne, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa regions.
On Saturday, it will become a bit warmer — the air will warm up to +19…+24°C, but precipitation will not completely leave Ukraine: on May 22, it is expected in the western regions.
On Sunday, May 23, rains will return again — this time to the western, partially central, and northern regions. Temperatures will range from +14°C in the west to +25…+28°C in the east, in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
On Monday, May 24, according to Sinoptik.ua, +20…+24°C is expected across Ukraine, with only the Azov Sea coast being hotter — up to +26°C. Thunderstorms will pass in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv regions.
Real heat will not come soon. Beach weather with temperatures up to +28°C will set in the east and south of Ukraine by Wednesday, May 26, just in time for the full moon. Sunbathing will already be possible, but swimming is unlikely to be enjoyable — the water in the Dnipro near Kyiv has warmed only to +16°C, in the Desna near Chernihiv to +17°C, in the Azov Sea near Mariupol to +17°C, and in the Black Sea near Odesa to +14°C. The swimming season will open when the water reaches +22°C, and with hot weather, this will happen at the resorts of the Black and Azov Seas around June 15-20.
In the western region, on Friday afternoon it will be +15…+19°C; on Saturday, in Lviv region and Zakarpattia, rain will pass in places, in the rest of the territory — +20…+21°C; on Sunday, May 23, daytime is expected to be +11…+13°C, with possible precipitation after noon, except in Chernivtsi region; on Monday — +17…+20°C without precipitation. Warming to +25…+27°C will come only on Tuesday, but already on Wednesday it will become cooler again.
In the central regions, on Friday morning it will be quite cold — +12…+15°C, daytime up to +19°C. Saturday will please residents of the center: the air will warm up to +22°C, it will be sunny and dry. On May 23, the sky will be overcast, the temperature will drop slightly — to +19…+21°C. Vinnytsia region will stand out from the general picture, where rain will pass and daytime temperatures will drop to +17°C. At the beginning of the work week, precipitation is possible in Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions. Daytime in the region is expected to be +18…+20°C.
In the east of the country, comfortable warmth remains. On Friday, it will be +19…+23°C without precipitation. On the weekend, at night +12…+15°C, daytime +20…+25°C. On Monday, thunderstorms will pass, temperatures will range from +19 to +24°C.
In Kharkiv, variable cloudiness is expected on the weekend, at night +12…+14°C, daytime +22…+24°C, no precipitation is foreseen. On Monday, the weather will worsen: daytime temperatures will drop to +20°C, rain will pass, and a northwest wind up to 6 m/s will blow during the day. Heat up to +27°C in Kharkiv is possible in the middle of the week.
In the south of Ukraine, from May 21 to 24, no precipitation is expected. On Friday, air temperatures will range from +17°C in Odesa region to +20°C in Kherson region. On the weekend, it will be spring-like warm — up to +25°C. At the beginning of the work week, sunny weather is expected, with north and northwest winds up to 5 m/s, temperatures +20…+25°C. A significant rise in temperature to +29°C is forecast by Wednesday.
In the northern regions of Ukraine, on May 21, temperatures will be +17…+19°C, on Saturday — +20…+21°C, without precipitation. On Sunday, May 23, from +15°C to +19°C is expected, with rain, except for Sumy region, where it will be +22°C and dry. On Monday, rains will reach Sumy region, while in other northern regions, on the contrary, they will stop, and temperatures there will rise to +21°C.
In Kyiv, on May 21, in the second half of the day there will be a lot of sun, but the air will not warm above +18…+19°C, with a moderate northwest wind blowing. On the weekend, daytime is expected to be +20…+21°C, with nighttime temperatures rising to +15°C from Saturday to Sunday. On Saturday — cloudy with clearings, on Sunday overcast, with heavy rain expected in the second half of the day. On Monday, May 24, there will be no precipitation during the day, and air temperatures will reach +21°C.
