Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In May its highs average 17.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks 25th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Kokshetau is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 48 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
Kokshetau 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-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.8°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 8.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 9.1 | 16.917 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 80 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 30 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.8°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 22 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 17 | 5.6 | 7.68 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
- Petropavl in MayKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Astana in MayKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Omsk in MayRussia · 321 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Kurgan in MayRussia · 356 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Kostanay in MayKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Rudnyy in MayKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Temirtau in MayKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in MayKazakhstan · 437 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 33 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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.