Ekibastuz weather in May

In May, Ekibastuz sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 7.2 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ekibastuz's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ekibastuz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
7.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
5:13 AM – 8:37 PM
Cloud cover
56%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Ekibastuz is town in Kazakhstan.

Density
646/km²
people per km²
Founded
1898

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ekibastuz reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1175
2175
3185
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How May really feels in Ekibastuz

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Ekibastuz 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°93.23.98.10.0
Feb-9° / -18°102.93.49.60.0
Mar-1° / -10°164.63.811.50.0
Apr13° / 215.41.513.63.8
May20° / 337.20.315.46.8
Jun25° / 14°438.9016.37.0
Jul27° / 15°6611.90166.4
Aug25° / 13°417.5014.47.2
Sep18° / 255.70.112.46.3
Oct10° / 245.71.710.42.6
Nov-1° / -8°195.54.38.60.0
Dec-8° / -16°134.55.57.70.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34555
44555
54654
64654
74753
84753
94753
104753
114852
124753
134753
144753
154852
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315446

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Ekibastuz gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 7.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 24% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1234
2233
3233
4233
5233
6232
7222
8222
9221
10221
11221
12231
13231
14230
15240
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17240
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22250
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24250
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27250
28250
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30250
31260

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
181000
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25982
26982
27982
28982
29973
30973
31964

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of May to 16 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 8:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:398:12
214.65:378:14
314.75:368:16
414.75:348:17
514.85:328:19
614.85:308:21
714.95:288:22
815.05:268:24
915.05:258:26
1015.15:238:27
1115.15:218:29
1215.25:208:30
1315.25:188:32
1415.35:168:34
1515.35:158:35
1615.45:138:37
1715.45:128:38
1815.55:108:40
1915.55:098:41
2015.65:078:43
2115.65:068:44
2215.75:058:46
2315.75:048:47
2415.85:028:48
2515.85:018:50
2615.95:008:51
2715.94:598:52
2815.94:588:54
2916.04:578:55
3016.04:568:56
3116.04:558:57

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.5Bright
35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
75.7Bright
85.8Bright
95.8Bright
105.8Bright
115.8Bright
125.9Bright
135.9Bright
145.9Bright
156.0Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Intense
186.0Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.1Intense
236.2Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ekibastuz?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ekibastuz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ekibastuz in May

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

In May, Ekibastuz sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Ekibastuz in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ekibastuz peaks around July 13 at about 6 (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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ekibastuz?

Ekibastuz sits at 51.7°N, 75.3°E, 203 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Aksu, 116 km away.

StepnogorskTemirtauYarovoyeKulundaKaragandySlavgorod

Topography around Ekibastuz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ekibastuz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 194 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 554 m.

The land around Ekibastuz is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
247 m
16 km
359 m
80 km
554 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Aksu 116 km · Pavlodar 128 km · Stepnogorsk 245 km · Temirtau 249 km · Yarovoye 258 km · Kulunda 264 km · Karagandy 265 km · Slavgorod 267 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
Muslim 69%Christian 17%non-believers 2%Buddhism 0%

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 Ekibastuz (51.7237°, 75.3229°, elevation 203 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).