Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Aktau: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 2.8°C warmer than Aktau, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks joint 8th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Aktau is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 12 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
Aktau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 14 | 4.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 12 | 2.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.09 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
- Zhanaozen in MayKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Derbent in MayRussia · 295 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in MayRussia · 299 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MayRussia · 307 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MayAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MayRussia · 373 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MayAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MayAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 13 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 Aktau) is explained once on the Aktau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.