Climate averages 1991–2020
Nukus weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th 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 Nukus: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daşoguz (75 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nukus, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Nukus ranks 13th of 28 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.4°C; Nukus is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 5.3 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
Nukus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 4.7°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 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
- Daşoguz in MayTurkmenistan · 75 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in MayUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Urganch in MayUzbekistan · 132 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Xiva in MayUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Baikonur in MayKazakhstan · 460 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bukhara in MayUzbekistan · 503 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MayTurkmenistan · 504 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MayTurkmenistan · 512 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 23 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 Nukus) is explained once on the Nukus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.