Climate averages 1991–2020
Taraz weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Taraz: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (159 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Taraz, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Taraz ranks joint 6th 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; Taraz is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 24 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
Taraz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 32 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 40 | 8.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 60 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 24.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 39 | 8.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 30.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 6.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 32.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 31.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 33 | 6.9 | 9.19 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
- Shymkent in MayKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Chust in MayUzbekistan · 211 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Namangan in MayUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Chirchiq in MayUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Angren in MayUzbekistan · 233 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Andijon in MayUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Shahrixon in MayUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Tashkent in MayUzbekistan · 254 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 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 Taraz) is explained once on the Taraz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.