Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Petropavl: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In May its highs average 18.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Petropavl, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 17th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Petropavl is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 55 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
Petropavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 15 | 5.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -9.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 14 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| May, selected | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 39 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 10.2 | 17.217 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 38 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.7°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.8 | 8.58 h |
| December | -9.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 21 | 6.7 | 7.37 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
- Kokshetau in MayKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Kurgan in MayRussia · 250 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Omsk in MayRussia · 270 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Tyumen in MayRussia · 339 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Shadrinsk in MayRussia · 372 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Tobolsk in MayRussia · 374 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Kostanay in MayKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Astana in MayKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 35 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 Petropavl) is explained once on the Petropavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.