Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 34 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Shymkent, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks 5th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Shymkent is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Shymkent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 69 | 10.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 6.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 79 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 85 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 94 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 29.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 10 | 2.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 68 | 9.7 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Chirchiq in MayUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Tashkent in MayUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Angren in MayUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Turkistan in MayKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Taraz in MayKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MayUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Chust in MayUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Guliston in MayUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 50 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 Shymkent) is explained once on the Shymkent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.