Climate averages 1991–2020
Baikonur weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th 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 Baikonur: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (192 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Baikonur, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Baikonur ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Baikonur is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 7.1 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
Baikonur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 9.5 | 3.0 | 9.19 h |
| February | -0.8°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 16 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.510 h |
| December | -2.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 13 | 3.5 | 8.89 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
- Kyzylorda in MayKazakhstan · 192 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in MayKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in MayUzbekistan · 457 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Nukus in MayUzbekistan · 460 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Turkistan in MayKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Daşoguz in MayTurkmenistan · 499 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Urganch in MayUzbekistan · 501 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Xiva in MayUzbekistan · 527 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 11 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 Baikonur) is explained once on the Baikonur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.