Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrisabz weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th 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 Shahrisabz: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samarkand (67 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Shahrisabz, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Shahrisabz ranks 24th of 28 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 28 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 28 cities is 27.4°C; Shahrisabz is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 7.2 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
Shahrisabz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 77 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 93 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 112 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 10.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 25.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 46 | 6.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 7.2 | 1.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| December | 9.0°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 59 | 8.9 | 9.59 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
- Samarkand in MayUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Qarshi in MayUzbekistan · 93 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in MayUzbekistan · 106 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Denov in MayUzbekistan · 128 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Jizzax in MayUzbekistan · 147 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Navoiy in MayUzbekistan · 169 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Dushanbe in MayTajikistan · 178 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MayUzbekistan · 208 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 Shahrisabz) is explained once on the Shahrisabz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.