Climate averages 1991–2020
Turkistan weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In May its highs average 24.5°C, 2.8°C cooler than Turkistan, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Turkistan is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 9.6 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
Turkistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 6.5 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 6.8 | 9.09 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
- Shymkent in MayKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Chirchiq in MayUzbekistan · 230 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Tashkent in MayUzbekistan · 239 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Taraz in MayKazakhstan · 257 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Kyzylorda in MayKazakhstan · 280 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MayUzbekistan · 294 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Angren in MayUzbekistan · 297 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Guliston in MayUzbekistan · 314 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 Turkistan) is explained once on the Turkistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.