Climate averages 1991–2020
Taldykorgan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Taldykorgan: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sarqant (129 km away). In May its highs average 19.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Taldykorgan, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Taldykorgan ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest May highs and 23rd of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Taldykorgan is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 36 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
Taldykorgan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.5°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 27 | 6.7 | 9.29 h |
| February | 0.2°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 28 | 6.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 41 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 8.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 36 | 7.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 21 | 4.1 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 20 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 34 | 5.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 45 | 7.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.3°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 34 | 7.1 | 8.89 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
- Sarqant in MayKazakhstan · 129 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 7.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 185 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 225 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Almaty in MayKazakhstan · 228 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 264 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Karakol in MayKyrgyzstan · 281 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Bole in MayChina · 291 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Balqash in MayKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 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 Taldykorgan) is explained once on the Taldykorgan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.