Climate averages 1991–2020
Almaty weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Almaty: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karakol (147 km away). In May its highs average 13.8°C, 5.5°C cooler than Almaty, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Almaty ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest May highs and 26th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Almaty is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 93 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
Almaty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 138 | 14.9 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 19.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 145 | 15.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 93 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 57 | 8.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 9.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 7.2 | 9.09 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
- Karakol in MayKyrgyzstan · 147 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in MayKazakhstan · 228 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 301 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 331 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Sarqant in MayKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 351 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Aqsu in MayChina · 360 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 363 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 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 Almaty) is explained once on the Almaty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.