Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktobe weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the wettest 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 Aktobe: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (129 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Aktobe, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktobe ranks 14th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Aktobe is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 30 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
Aktobe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.9°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 26 | 7.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -7.7°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | -0.6°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.714 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 36 | 7.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 22 | 4.4 | 14.515 h |
| September | 20.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 32 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.18 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
- Novotroitsk in MayRussia · 129 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Orsk in MayRussia · 139 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Orenburg in MayRussia · 222 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Salavat in MayRussia · 356 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Ishimbay in MayRussia · 361 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Magnitogorsk in MayRussia · 368 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Sterlitamak in MayRussia · 383 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Beloretsk in MayRussia · 417 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 58 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 Aktobe) is explained once on the Aktobe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.