Climate averages 1991–2020
Kostanay weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kostanay: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rudnyy (44 km away). In May its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Kostanay, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kostanay ranks 23rd of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 20th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Kostanay is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 40 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
Kostanay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.9°C-16.0°C | -16.0°C | 17 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| May, selected | 19.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 8.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 24 | 6.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.8°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 6.2 | 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
- Rudnyy in MayKazakhstan · 44 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Troitsk in MayRussia · 167 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Kopeysk in MayRussia · 249 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Chelyabinsk in MayRussia · 259 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kurgan in MayRussia · 272 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Miass in MayRussia · 306 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Magnitogorsk in MayRussia · 307 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Shadrinsk in MayRussia · 319 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 48 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 Kostanay) is explained once on the Kostanay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.