Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanaozen weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 11th 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 Zhanaozen: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aktau (141 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 2.8°C cooler than Zhanaozen, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 26 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 26 cities is 21.7°C; Zhanaozen is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 12 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
Zhanaozen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Aktau in MayKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Türkmenbaşy in MayTurkmenistan · 369 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Derbent in MayRussia · 400 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MayAzerbaijan · 404 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MayAzerbaijan · 405 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Baku in MayAzerbaijan · 411 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MayAzerbaijan · 412 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Atyrau in MayKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 24 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 Zhanaozen) is explained once on the Zhanaozen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.