Climate averages 1991–2020
Semey weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 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 Semey: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In May its highs average 20.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Semey, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Semey is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 29 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
Semey 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-19.5°C | -19.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 8.59 h |
| February | -7.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 21 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 5.4 | 13.814 h |
| May, selected | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 6.8 | 16.416 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 6.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 28 | 6.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | -7.6°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 8.18 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
- Rubtsovsk in MayRussia · 139 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in MayKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Pavlodar in MayKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in MayKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Barnaul in MayRussia · 405 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Biysk in MayRussia · 415 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Tacheng in MayChina · 455 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Karagandy in MayKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.0°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 Semey) is explained once on the Semey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.