Climate averages 1991–2020
Kŭlob weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kŭlob: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (89 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Kŭlob, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Kŭlob ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 7 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 7 cities is 25.8°C; Kŭlob is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 22 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
Kŭlob climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 70 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 95 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 117 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 124 | 13.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 99 | 11.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 35.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 34.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.2 | 1.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 59 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 9.610 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
- Bokhtar in MayTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Dushanbe in MayTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Khanabad in MayAfghanistan · 149 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Kunduz in MayAfghanistan · 155 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Denov in MayUzbekistan · 170 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Baghlān in MayAfghanistan · 220 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Istaravshan in MayTajikistan · 232 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 234 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 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 Kŭlob) is explained once on the Kŭlob year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.