Semey weather in May

In May, Semey sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Semey's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Semey's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 26 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 12 min; 4:58 AM – 8:12 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Semey is city in Eastern Kazakhstan, capital of Abay Region.

Density: 1,394/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1718

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 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Semey reaches about 21°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 14°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 8°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Semey

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.

Semey 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	-11° / -20°	16	5.2	6.3	8.3	0.0
Feb	-8° / -18°	17	4.7	5	9.7	0.0
Mar	0° / -10°	21	5.6	3.9	11.5	0.1
Apr	13° / 1°	23	5.4	1.1	13.5	4.3
May	21° / 8°	26	6.8	0.2	15.2	7.2
Jun	27° / 14°	29	6.7	0	16.1	7.1
Jul	28° / 16°	45	9.9	0	15.8	6.2
Aug	26° / 13°	24	5.8	0	14.3	7.5
Sep	20° / 7°	20	5.1	0	12.4	7.0
Oct	11° / 0°	24	6	1.4	10.5	3.1
Nov	-0° / -9°	28	7	5.2	8.8	0.0
Dec	-8° / -16°	22	6.8	7.9	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 42%.

	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 (%)	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	60
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Semey gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of May to 15 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 4:41 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 8:32 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)	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.8	15.8	15.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41
Sunset (PM)	7:49	7:51	7:52	7:54	7:55	7:57	7:59	8:00	8:02	8:03	8:05	8:06	8:08	8:09	8:11	8:12	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:18	8:19	8:20	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.4	5:23	7:49
2	14.5	5:21	7:51
3	14.5	5:20	7:52
4	14.6	5:18	7:54
5	14.7	5:16	7:55
6	14.7	5:14	7:57
7	14.8	5:13	7:59
8	14.8	5:11	8:00
9	14.9	5:09	8:02
10	14.9	5:08	8:03
11	15.0	5:06	8:05
12	15.0	5:04	8:06
13	15.1	5:03	8:08
14	15.1	5:01	8:09
15	15.2	5:00	8:11
16	15.2	4:58	8:12
17	15.3	4:57	8:14
18	15.3	4:56	8:15
19	15.4	4:54	8:16
20	15.4	4:53	8:18
21	15.5	4:52	8:19
22	15.5	4:51	8:20
23	15.5	4:49	8:22
24	15.6	4:48	8:23
25	15.6	4:47	8:24
26	15.7	4:46	8:26
27	15.7	4:45	8:27
28	15.7	4:44	8:28
29	15.8	4:43	8:29
30	15.8	4:42	8:30
31	15.8	4:41	8:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.3 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Semey?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Semey for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Semey in May

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

In May, Semey sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Semey 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 Semey peaks around July 18 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	6	6	7	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Semey?

Semey sits at 50.4°N, 80.3°E, 195 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Gornyak, 107 km away.

Topography around Semey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Semey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 202 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 640 m.

The land around Semey is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (71%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

artificial surfaces 71%

16 km

117 m

grassland 64%

80 km

640 m

grassland 71%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Gornyak 107 km · Shemonaikha 120 km · Rubtsovsk 139 km · Kalbatau 154 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 175 km · Ridder 232 km · Kulunda 255 km · Ayagoz 273 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 Semey (50.4206°, 80.2502°, elevation 195 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	57	43
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	61	39
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3
31	97	3