Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in May.
A cool, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a cool month in Karakol: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In May its highs average 19.4°C, 5.5°C warmer than Karakol, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 17.8°C; Karakol is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 94 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
Karakol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.6°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 23 | 5.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.7°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 23 | 6.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 70 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 94 | 18.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 18.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 78 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 9.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | -3.1°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Almaty in MayKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Wensu in MayChina · 204 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Aqsu in MayChina · 213 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Qarasu in MayChina · 251 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Huocheng in MayChina · 265 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in MayKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Ghulja in MayChina · 285 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Tumxuk in MayChina · 297 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 9.2 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 Karakol) is explained once on the Karakol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.