Petropavl weather in May

In May, Petropavl sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Petropavl's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petropavl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
4th warmest
Overnight low
9th coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
5:24 AM – 9:15 PM
Cloud cover
59%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Petropavl is city in Kazakhstan, seat of North Kazakhstan Province.

Founded
1752

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Petropavl reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 9°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 Petropavl

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.

Petropavl 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-12° / -19°1656.37.60.0
Feb-10° / -18°144.76.29.30.0
Mar-2° / -11°216.15.911.40.0
Apr10° / -0°306.52.213.82.2
May19° / 398.10.315.86.1
Jun23° / 12°5510.30176.7
Jul24° / 14°7711.9016.56.7
Aug22° / 12°5810.4014.76.6
Sep16° / 398.20.112.54.9
Oct / 3483.310.21.4
Nov-3° / -9°297.878.10.0
Dec-10° / -17°216.68.170.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24159
34258
44357
54456
64456
74555
84654
94753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Petropavl gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 27% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1244
2233
3233
4233
5233
6232
7232
8232
9232
10241
11241
12251
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14261
15261
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17271
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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 (%)Humid (%)
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210000
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Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 54 min at the start of May to 16 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 102 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 8:47 PM to 9:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.95:548:47
214.95:528:49
315.05:508:51
415.15:488:53
515.15:468:55
615.25:448:56
715.35:428:58
815.35:409:00
915.45:389:02
1015.55:369:04
1115.55:349:06
1215.65:329:08
1315.75:309:09
1415.75:289:11
1515.85:269:13
1615.85:249:15
1715.95:239:17
1816.05:219:18
1916.05:199:20
2016.15:189:22
2116.15:169:23
2216.25:159:25
2316.25:139:27
2416.35:129:28
2516.35:109:30
2616.45:099:31
2716.45:089:33
2816.55:069:34
2916.55:059:36
3016.65:049:37
3116.65:039:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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296.0Bright
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Petropavl?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Petropavl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Petropavl in May

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

In May, Petropavl sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Petropavl in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Petropavl peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 22UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Petropavl 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 Petropavl is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodApr 1615 µg/m³Dec 224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan5Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr16Moderate
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug8Good
Sep6Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec4Good
Location & terrain

Where is Petropavl?

Petropavl sits at 54.9°N, 69.2°E, 141 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Isil’kul’, 136 km away.

KokshetauAkkol’ShchuchinskZavodoukovskKurganMakinsk

Topography around Petropavl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petropavl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 132 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m.

The land around Petropavl is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) within 3 km, grassland (38%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
84 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Isil’kul’ 136 km · Ishim 139 km · Kokshetau 177 km · Akkol’ 178 km · Shchuchinsk 226 km · Zavodoukovsk 244 km · Kurgan 250 km · Makinsk 263 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 Petropavl (54.8734°, 69.1506°, elevation 141 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).