Aral weather in May

In May, Aral sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Aral's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aral's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 3.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 6:25 AM – 9:14 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 6th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Aral is city in southwest Kazakhstan in the Kyzylorda region.

Founded: 1905

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Aral reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29
Avg low (°C)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	12
16	25	13
17	26	13
18	26	13
19	26	13
20	26	13
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	29	15
31	29	16

How May really feels in Aral

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Aral weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-6° / -14°	13	3.5	3.8	8.8	0.0
Feb	-4° / -13°	11	2.7	2.2	10	0.0
Mar	5° / -5°	19	4.3	1.8	11.6	0.9
Apr	17° / 6°	15	3.7	0.2	13.3	6.2
May	25° / 13°	15	3.4	0	14.8	7.9
Jun	31° / 18°	11	2.5	0	15.6	5.5
Jul	33° / 20°	10	2.6	0	15.3	4.5
Aug	31° / 18°	7	1.5	0	14	5.7
Sep	24° / 11°	3	1	0	12.4	8.6
Oct	15° / 3°	12	3	0.1	10.6	5.5
Nov	4° / -5°	16	4	1.5	9.2	0.4
Dec	-4° / -11°	15	4.2	3.5	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aral gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 8:55 PM to 9:31 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10
Sunset (PM)	8:55	8:56	8:57	8:59	9:00	9:01	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:07	9:08	9:09	9:10	9:12	9:13	9:14	9:15	9:17	9:18	9:19	9:20	9:21	9:23	9:24	9:25	9:26	9:27	9:28	9:29	9:30	9:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.1	6:47	8:55
2	14.2	6:45	8:56
3	14.2	6:43	8:57
4	14.3	6:42	8:59
5	14.3	6:40	9:00
6	14.4	6:39	9:01
7	14.4	6:37	9:03
8	14.5	6:36	9:04
9	14.5	6:34	9:05
10	14.6	6:33	9:07
11	14.6	6:31	9:08
12	14.7	6:30	9:09
13	14.7	6:29	9:10
14	14.7	6:27	9:12
15	14.8	6:26	9:13
16	14.8	6:25	9:14
17	14.9	6:24	9:15
18	14.9	6:23	9:17
19	14.9	6:21	9:18
20	15.0	6:20	9:19
21	15.0	6:19	9:20
22	15.1	6:18	9:21
23	15.1	6:17	9:23
24	15.1	6:16	9:24
25	15.2	6:15	9:25
26	15.2	6:14	9:26
27	15.2	6:14	9:27
28	15.3	6:13	9:28
29	15.3	6:12	9:29
30	15.3	6:11	9:30
31	15.3	6:10	9:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.48 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Aral?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Aral for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Aral in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Aral sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Aral in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aral peaks around June 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	7	7	7	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Aral in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Aral is worst in April — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	15	22	26	19	12	12	11	12	16	16	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	12	Good
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Aral?

Aral sits at 46.8°N, 61.7°E, 61 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Novokazalinsk, 112 km away.

Topography around Aral

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aral.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aral has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 58 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m.

The land around Aral is covered by bare terrain (38%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) and bare terrain (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

bare terrain 38%

16 km

102 m

grassland 71%

80 km

220 m

grassland 76%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← April Aral year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Novokazalinsk 112 km · Baikonur 183 km · Shalqar 192 km · Zhosaly 237 km · Embi 346 km · Kyzylorda 368 km · Tasbuget 377 km · Kandyagash 433 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,692; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 92%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 417
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aral (46.8017°, 61.6631°, elevation 61 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	12
16	25	13
17	26	13
18	26	13
19	26	13
20	26	13
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	29	15
31	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	12
16	25	13
17	26	13
18	26	13
19	26	13
20	26	13
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	29	15
31	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	23	10
5	23	10
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	12
12	25	12
13	25	12
14	25	12
15	25	12
16	25	13
17	26	13
18	26	13
19	26	13
20	26	13
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	29	15
31	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	64	36
13	64	36
14	65	35
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	12
10	12
11	12
12	12
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	10
17	10
18	10
19	10
20	10
21	9
22	9
23	9
24	9
25	9
26	9
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3