Halaç weather in May

In May, Halaç sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 14 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Halaç's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Halaç's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
9th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:35 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
33%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Halaç is city in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan.

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 30°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Halaç reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13016
23017
33017
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How May really feels in Halaç

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 20 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
20
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Halaç weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 276.11.79.72.2
Feb12° / 406.51.210.53.5
Mar18° / 457.90.311.76.2
Apr26° / 13°325.50137.2
May33° / 19°143.10144.5
Jun38° / 23°20.6014.61.4
Jul40° / 25°00.2014.40.1
Aug38° / 22°00.1013.51.2
Sep33° / 17°10.2012.34.8
Oct25° / 10°51.30118.7
Nov16° / 204.40.39.96.0
Dec11° / 224.80.79.42.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36733
46733
56931
66931
77030
87228
97327
107426
117525
127624
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Halaç gets around 14 mm of rain over 3.1 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 10% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
314
414
514
613
713
813
913
1013
1113
1212
1312
1412
1511
1611
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266
276
285
295
305
314

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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
185123
285123
385123
485123
585123
685123
785123
885123
985123
1087112
1187112
1287112
1387112
1487112
1588102
1688102
178992
189091
199091
209181
219181
229181
239271
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269271
279271
289271
299361
309361
319361

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:517:24
213.65:507:25
313.65:497:26
413.75:477:27
513.75:467:28
613.75:457:29
713.85:447:30
813.85:437:31
913.85:427:32
1013.95:417:33
1113.95:407:34
1213.95:397:35
1314.05:387:36
1414.05:377:37
1514.05:367:37
1614.15:357:38
1714.15:347:39
1814.15:337:40
1914.15:337:41
2014.25:327:42
2114.25:317:43
2214.25:307:44
2314.25:307:44
2414.35:297:45
2514.35:287:46
2614.35:287:47
2714.35:277:48
2814.45:277:48
2914.45:267:49
3014.45:267:50
3114.45:257:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 7.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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287.4Intense
297.4Intense
307.4Intense
317.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Halaç

In seasonPeak

In May, Halaç sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Halaç sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Halaç?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Halaç for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Halaç in May

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

In May, Halaç sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Halaç in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Halaç peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 9Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Halaç 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 Halaç is worst in April — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 20 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateApr 1636 µg/m³Jan 1420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr36Poor
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Halaç?

Halaç sits at 38.1°N, 64.9°E, 233 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Kerki, 39 km away.

MagdanlyBeshkentSaýatQarshiKosonQarqīnAndkhoy

Topography around Halaç

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Halaç has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 232 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m.

The land around Halaç is covered by cropland (42%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (37%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
10 m
16 km
42 m
80 km
319 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Kerki 39 km · Magdanly 106 km · Beshkent 107 km · Saýat 118 km · Qarshi 118 km · Koson 124 km · Qarqīn 126 km · Andkhoy 126 km

Turkmenistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type B / C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,540
2025
Happiness
5.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
95%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
13.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 93%Christian 6%

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 Halaç (38.072°, 64.8794°, elevation 233 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).