Shalkar weather in May

In May, Shalkar sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 21 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shalkar's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shalkar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 15 hours; 6:12 AM – 9:09 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 5th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Shalkar is settlement in Kazakhstan.

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 21°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shalkar reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 31°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)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16

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

How May really feels in Shalkar

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.

Shalkar 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	-3° / -9°	18	5.4	4.8	8.6	0.0
Feb	-2° / -9°	16	4.4	3.6	9.9	0.0
Mar	6° / -3°	19	5.2	2.6	11.6	1.0
Apr	17° / 6°	24	5.3	0.2	13.4	5.7
May	25° / 13°	21	5.4	0	14.9	7.5
Jun	30° / 18°	22	5	0	15.8	5.7
Jul	33° / 21°	15	3.4	0	15.4	4.5
Aug	31° / 19°	12	2.6	0	14.1	5.5
Sep	24° / 11°	18	3.5	0	12.4	7.9
Oct	15° / 4°	25	4.9	0.2	10.6	5.0
Nov	4° / -3°	19	4.7	1.6	9	0.5
Dec	-2° / -7°	21	5.2	4.3	8.2	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 46%. 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 (%)	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	51	51	50	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Shalkar gets around 21 mm of rain over 5.4 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 17% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

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.

	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	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

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	16	16	16	16	16	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	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 8:48 PM to 9:27 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)	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	8:48	8:50	8:51	8:53	8:54	8:56	8:57	8:58	9:00	9:01	9:03	9:04	9:05	9:07	9:08	9:09	9:11	9:12	9:13	9:14	9:16	9:17	9:18	9:19	9:20	9:21	9:23	9:24	9:25	9:26	9:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	6:35	8:48
2	14.3	6:33	8:50
3	14.3	6:31	8:51
4	14.4	6:30	8:53
5	14.4	6:28	8:54
6	14.5	6:27	8:56
7	14.5	6:25	8:57
8	14.6	6:23	8:58
9	14.6	6:22	9:00
10	14.7	6:20	9:01
11	14.7	6:19	9:03
12	14.8	6:17	9:04
13	14.8	6:16	9:05
14	14.9	6:15	9:07
15	14.9	6:13	9:08
16	15.0	6:12	9:09
17	15.0	6:11	9:11
18	15.0	6:10	9:12
19	15.1	6:08	9:13
20	15.1	6:07	9:14
21	15.2	6:06	9:16
22	15.2	6:05	9:17
23	15.2	6:04	9:18
24	15.3	6:03	9:19
25	15.3	6:02	9:20
26	15.3	6:01	9:21
27	15.4	6:00	9:23
28	15.4	5:59	9:24
29	15.4	5:58	9:25
30	15.5	5:57	9:26
31	15.5	5:57	9:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.84 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Shalkar?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shalkar in May

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

In May, Shalkar sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shalkar 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 Shalkar peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 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	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	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	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Shalkar 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 Shalkar is worst in March — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (August, 10 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	13	20	17	13	10	14	10	10	14	14	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	10	Good
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Shalkar?

Shalkar sits at 48.0°N, 48.9°E, -14 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kharabali, 141 km away.

Topography around Shalkar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shalkar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of -11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m.

The land around Shalkar is covered by grassland (98%) within 3 km, grassland (97%) within 16 km, and grassland (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

13 m

grassland 98%

16 km

18 m

grassland 97%

80 km

39 m

grassland 98%

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

May weather nearby: Kharabali 141 km · Astrakhan 198 km · Akhtubinsk 205 km · Kamyzyak 223 km · Znamensk 242 km · Atyrau 247 km · Balykshi 247 km · Pallasovka 268 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 Shalkar (48.0333°, 48.9°, elevation -14 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	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	22	10
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	23	11
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	24	12
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	26	14
21	26	14
22	26	14
23	26	15
24	27	15
25	27	15
26	27	15
27	27	15
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	28	16
31	28	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8
31	92	8