Climate averages 1991–2020
Oral weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Oral: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buzuluk (180 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Oral, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Oral ranks 11th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Oral is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 35 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
Oral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | -6.3°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 26 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| March | 1.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 6.3 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 32 | 6.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 16.516 h |
| July | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 28 | 5.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 23 | 4.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 30 | 6.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | -4.9°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 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
- Buzuluk in MayRussia · 180 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Chapayevsk in MayRussia · 225 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Novokuybyshevsk in MayRussia · 229 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Samara in MayRussia · 235 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Orenburg in MayRussia · 261 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Balakovo in MayRussia · 265 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Tolyatti in MayRussia · 291 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Vol’sk in MayRussia · 293 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 38 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 Oral) is explained once on the Oral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.