Climate averages 1991–2020
Qŭnghirot weather
in May.
A warm, fairly 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 Qŭnghirot: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nukus (90 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Qŭnghirot, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Qŭnghirot ranks joint 14th of 28 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.4°C; Qŭnghirot is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 6.9 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
Qŭnghirot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 9.6 | 2.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.0 | 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
- Nukus in MayUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Daşoguz in MayTurkmenistan · 163 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Urganch in MayUzbekistan · 222 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Xiva in MayUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Baikonur in MayKazakhstan · 457 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in MayKazakhstan · 486 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Balkanabat in MayTurkmenistan · 542 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MayTurkmenistan · 568 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 Qŭnghirot) is explained once on the Qŭnghirot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.