Belovodskoye weather in May

In May, Belovodskoye sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 153 mm of precipitation across 18.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Belovodskoye's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belovodskoye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
153 mm
18.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:47 AM – 8:13 PM
Cloud cover
62%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Belovodskoye is human settlement.

Founded
1868

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 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Belovodskoye reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Belovodskoye weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -12°388.38.29.20.0
Feb / -10°559.68.710.20.0
Mar / -4°9313.79.411.60.7
Apr13° / 14715.87.813.13.2
May18° / 15318.52.614.44.7
Jun22° / 11°12018.70.415.15.5
Jul25° / 13°11117.3014.86.0
Aug24° / 12°8714.40.113.76.6
Sep19° / 8614.71.812.35.7
Oct13° / 7510.84.710.83.5
Nov / -6°618.96.59.50.5
Dec-1° / -11°458.37.98.90.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
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94258
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Belovodskoye gets around 153 mm of rain and snow over 18.5 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 60% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
15517
25516
35515
45515
55514
65513
75512
85511
95510
105610
11569
12579
13578
14588
15598
16607
17607
18617
19627
20637
21636
22646
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24656
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30664
31664

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 7:56 PM to 8:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:057:56
213.96:047:57
313.96:027:59
414.06:018:00
514.06:008:01
614.15:588:02
714.15:578:03
814.15:568:04
914.25:558:05
1014.25:538:07
1114.35:528:08
1214.35:518:09
1314.35:508:10
1414.45:498:11
1514.45:488:12
1614.45:478:13
1714.55:468:14
1814.55:458:15
1914.55:448:16
2014.65:438:17
2114.65:428:18
2214.65:418:19
2314.75:408:20
2414.75:398:21
2514.75:388:22
2614.85:388:23
2714.85:378:24
2814.85:368:25
2914.85:368:26
3014.95:358:27
3114.95:348:28

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Belovodskoye?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
1.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Belovodskoye for sightseeing.

What to pack for Belovodskoye in May

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

In May, Belovodskoye sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Belovodskoye 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 Belovodskoye peaks around May 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateLowMay 20UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5High
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Belovodskoye 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 Belovodskoye is worst in May — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 1317 µg/m³Dec 206 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Belovodskoye?

Belovodskoye sits at 42.8°N, 74.1°E, 742 m above sea level, in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest listed city is Kara-Balta, 21 km away.

KantMerkeIvanovkaShuTokmok

Topography around Belovodskoye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belovodskoye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 749 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,160 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,346 m.

The land around Belovodskoye is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
1,160 m
80 km
4,346 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icemoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Kara-Balta 21 km · Bishkek 40 km · Lebedinovka 47 km · Kant 61 km · Merke 74 km · Ivanovka 80 km · Shu 91 km · Tokmok 97 km

Kyrgyzstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,081
2025
Happiness
6.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
74%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 443
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 7%other 3%

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 Belovodskoye (42.8294°, 74.1083°, elevation 742 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).