Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th 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 Astana: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In May its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Astana, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks 18th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Astana is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 45 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
Astana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 14 | 4.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.8°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.1°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 20 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 25 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 45 | 8.6 | 16.516 h |
| July | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 26 | 6.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | -8.7°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 21 | 6.3 | 8.08 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
- Temirtau in MayKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Karagandy in MayKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Kokshetau in MayKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in MayKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Pavlodar in MayKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Petropavl in MayKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Omsk in MayRussia · 443 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in MayKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 19 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 Astana) is explained once on the Astana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.