Lenger weather in May

In May, Lenger sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 113 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lenger's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lenger's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Precipitation
113 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
6:05 AM – 8:28 PM
Cloud cover
49%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Lenger is city in South Kazakhstan.

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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lenger reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Lenger

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.

Lenger weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -7°9312.4119.30.0
Feb / -5°11011.910.210.30.0
Mar / 12614.27.311.61.7
Apr16° / 14714.42.113.14.5
May21° / 10°11312.50.214.46.3
Jun25° / 14°478.60157.5
Jul28° / 15°234.2014.87.9
Aug27° / 14°153.1013.78.3
Sep23° / 10°213.10.112.38.5
Oct16° / 596.81.310.85.6
Nov / -1°929.95.89.61.7
Dec / -5°9611.49.190.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35347
45446
55446
65545
75545
85644
95644
105644
115743
125842
135842
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Lenger gets around 113 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1463
2463
3452
4452
5442
6432
7431
8421
9421
10421
11421
12421
13411
14410
15410
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18400
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22390
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31370

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5982
6982
7982
8982
9973
10973
11973
12973
13973
14973
15964
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18964
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21955
22955
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24955
25946
26946
27937
28937
29928
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31919

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 8:12 PM to 8:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:238:12
213.86:228:13
313.96:218:14
413.96:198:15
514.06:188:16
614.06:178:17
714.16:158:19
814.16:148:20
914.16:138:21
1014.26:128:22
1114.26:118:23
1214.26:098:24
1314.36:088:25
1414.36:078:26
1514.46:068:27
1614.46:058:28
1714.46:048:29
1814.56:038:30
1914.56:028:31
2014.56:018:32
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2214.66:008:34
2314.65:598:35
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2814.75:558:40
2914.85:548:41
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Lenger

In seasonPeak

In May, Lenger sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lenger's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Lenger?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Lenger for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lenger in May

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

In May, Lenger sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Lenger in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lenger peaks around May 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateMay 22UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Lenger 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 Lenger is worst in May — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1224 µg/m³Dec 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lenger?

Lenger sits at 42.2°N, 69.9°E, 777 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Aksu, 27 km away.

Topography around Lenger

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lenger has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 809 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,377 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,020 m.

The land around Lenger is covered by grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
1,377 m
80 km
4,020 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainmoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Aksu 27 km · Shymkent 27 km · Turar Ryskulov 55 km · G‘azalkent 70 km · Iskandar 71 km · Chirchiq 83 km · Arys 93 km · Qibray 95 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 Lenger (42.1815°, 69.8858°, elevation 777 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).