Shalqar weather in May

In May, Shalqar sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 20 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Shalqar's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shalqar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 54 min; 5:30 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 5th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Shalqar is city in Kazakhstan.

Density: 70/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1870

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 20°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shalqar reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 30°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)	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14

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

How May really feels in Shalqar

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.

Shalqar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-7° / -14°	14	4.4	5.3	8.6	0.0
Feb	-6° / -14°	14	3.9	4.2	9.9	0.0
Mar	3° / -6°	22	5	2.9	11.6	0.4
Apr	15° / 4°	24	5.2	0.4	13.4	5.2
May	23° / 11°	20	4.9	0	14.9	7.7
Jun	30° / 17°	15	3.5	0	15.7	6.3
Jul	31° / 19°	14	3.5	0	15.4	5.2
Aug	30° / 17°	10	2.1	0	14.1	6.5
Sep	23° / 10°	6	1.8	0	12.4	8.3
Oct	14° / 3°	17	4.1	0.2	10.6	4.6
Nov	2° / -5°	19	4.3	2.6	9.1	0.2
Dec	-5° / -11°	17	4.6	5.1	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 38%. 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 (%)	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	58	58	59	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	47	46	46	44	44	44	43	42	42	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Shalqar gets around 20 mm of rain over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	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 5:52 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 8:43 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	14.8	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15
Sunset (PM)	8:05	8:07	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	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.2	5:52	8:05
2	14.3	5:51	8:07
3	14.3	5:49	8:08
4	14.4	5:47	8:09
5	14.4	5:46	8:11
6	14.5	5:44	8:12
7	14.5	5:43	8:14
8	14.6	5:41	8:15
9	14.6	5:40	8:16
10	14.7	5:38	8:18
11	14.7	5:37	8:19
12	14.8	5:35	8:20
13	14.8	5:34	8:22
14	14.8	5:32	8:23
15	14.9	5:31	8:24
16	14.9	5:30	8:26
17	15.0	5:29	8:27
18	15.0	5:27	8:28
19	15.1	5:26	8:30
20	15.1	5:25	8:31
21	15.1	5:24	8:32
22	15.2	5:23	8:33
23	15.2	5:22	8:34
24	15.2	5:21	8:36
25	15.3	5:20	8:37
26	15.3	5:19	8:38
27	15.4	5:18	8:39
28	15.4	5:17	8:40
29	15.4	5:16	8:41
30	15.4	5:15	8:42
31	15.5	5:15	8:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.15 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)	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.5	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 Shalqar?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shalqar in May

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

In May, Shalqar sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Shalqar 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 Shalqar peaks around June 16 at about 7 (very 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	7	6	6	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	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	7	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Shalqar 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 Shalqar is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 7 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)	7	11	14	16	11	8	11	10	9	11	12	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Shalqar?

Shalqar sits at 47.8°N, 59.6°E, 169 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Embi, 155 km away.

Topography around Shalqar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shalqar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 171 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m.

The land around Shalqar is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (92%) within 16 km, and grassland (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

16 m

grassland 49%

16 km

62 m

grassland 92%

80 km

252 m

grassland 97%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

May weather nearby: Embi 155 km · Aral 192 km · Kandyagash 243 km · Khromtau 283 km · Novokazalinsk 293 km · Aktobe 324 km · Yasnyy 357 km · Baikonur 374 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 Shalqar (47.8315°, 59.6193°, elevation 169 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	20	8
2	20	8
3	20	8
4	21	8
5	21	9
6	21	9
7	21	9
8	22	9
9	22	10
10	22	10
11	22	10
12	23	10
13	23	10
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	24	11
18	24	11
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	25	12
22	25	12
23	25	12
24	25	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	26	13
28	26	13
29	27	14
30	27	14
31	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	58	42
9	58	42
10	59	41
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3