Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhezqazghan weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Zhezqazghan: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (368 km away). In May its highs average 26.9°C, 4.3°C warmer than Zhezqazghan, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhezqazghan ranks joint 8th 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; Zhezqazghan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 17 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
Zhezqazghan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.7°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 14 | 4.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | -6.5°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 16 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 2.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 19 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 20 | 4.8 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 19 | 4.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 28.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 17 | 4.2 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 18 | 4.8 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 3.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.4°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 19 | 5.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | -6.0°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 17 | 5.0 | 8.58 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
- Kyzylorda in MayKazakhstan · 368 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Baikonur in MayKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Karagandy in MayKazakhstan · 454 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Temirtau in MayKazakhstan · 458 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Astana in MayKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Turkistan in MayKazakhstan · 502 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Balqash in MayKazakhstan · 558 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Taraz in MayKazakhstan · 615 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 39 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 Zhezqazghan) is explained once on the Zhezqazghan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.