Khiva weather in May

In May, Khiva sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Khiva's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khiva's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
16°
9th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:45 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
38%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Khiva is city in Uzbekistan.

Founded
~501 BCE

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 26°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Khiva reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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313219

How May really feels in Khiva

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Khiva 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°92.61.79.40.0
Feb / -4°112.71.210.30.6
Mar14° / 173.40.411.74.6
Apr22° / 10°153.2013.17.8
May29° / 16°112.6014.36.6
Jun34° / 21°41.2014.93.7
Jul36° / 23°10.4014.72.6
Aug34° / 20°10.2013.74.1
Sep28° / 14°20.4012.38.0
Oct20° / 51.6010.98.1
Nov10° / 92.60.39.73.0
Dec / -4°81.90.99.10.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
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46634
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Khiva gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.6 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 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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510
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710
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910
1010
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169
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296
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316

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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3973
4973
5964
6964
7964
8955
9955
10955
11946
12946
13946
14946
15937
16937
17937
18937
19937
20928
21928
22928
23928
24919
25919
26919
27919
28919
299010
309010
319010

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
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914light breeze
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 8:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:037:48
213.86:027:50
313.86:007:51
413.95:597:52
513.95:587:53
614.05:577:54
714.05:557:55
814.05:547:56
914.15:537:57
1014.15:527:58
1114.15:517:59
1214.25:498:00
1314.25:488:01
1414.25:478:02
1514.35:468:03
1614.35:458:04
1714.35:448:05
1814.45:438:06
1914.45:428:07
2014.45:428:08
2114.55:418:09
2214.55:408:10
2314.55:398:11
2414.65:388:12
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2614.65:378:14
2714.65:368:15
2814.75:368:16
2914.75:358:16
3014.75:348:17
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Khiva

In seasonPeak

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

Khiva 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 Khiva?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khiva in May

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

In May, Khiva sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khiva 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 Khiva peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 18UV 9Dec 18UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low

Air quality in Khiva 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 Khiva is worst in March — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 29 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorMar 2159 µg/m³Jan 1330 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb41Poor
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr55Poor
May47Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep51Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khiva?

Khiva sits at 41.4°N, 60.4°E, 98 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Qo’shko’pir, 16 km away.

Topography around Khiva

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khiva has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 95 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m.

The land around Khiva is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (59%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
330 m
shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Qo’shko’pir 16 km · Urganch 29 km · Shovot 31 km · Beruniy 47 km · Görogly 48 km · Gurlan 51 km · Novyy Turtkul’ 57 km · Hazorasp 60 km

Uzbekistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,968
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
82%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
11.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 439
Religion
Muslim 88%Eastern Orthodox 9%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 Khiva (41.3856°, 60.3641°, elevation 98 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).