Shahrisabz weather in May

In May, Shahrisabz sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 46 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shahrisabz's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shahrisabz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
9th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
6.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:25 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
41%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Shahrisabz is city in Uzbekistan.

Founded
~700 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 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shahrisabz reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Shahrisabz

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.

Shahrisabz 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 / -3°7711.65.89.61.0
Feb / -1°9311.84.810.51.8
Mar15° / 11212.62.111.74.1
Apr21° / 9710.70.3136.4
May26° / 13°466.2014.17.5
Jun31° / 17°71.7014.75.9
Jul33° / 18°20.5014.54.7
Aug32° / 17°10.3013.55.7
Sep27° / 12°40.9012.38.4
Oct21° / 193.50118.1
Nov14° / 517.31.29.94.6
Dec / -1°598.93.49.31.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% 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 (%)
15842
25941
35941
46139
56238
66337
76337
86436
96535
106634
116832
126832
136931
147129
157228
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Shahrisabz gets around 46 mm of rain over 6.2 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 21% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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228
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427
527
626
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825
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1025
1124
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2019
2118
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3011
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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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
187130
286140
386140
485150
584160
683170
782180
880191
979201
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Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 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 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 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 5:41 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:417:18
213.75:407:19
313.75:397:20
413.75:387:21
513.85:377:22
613.85:357:23
713.85:347:24
813.95:337:25
913.95:327:26
1013.95:317:27
1114.05:307:28
1214.05:297:29
1314.05:287:30
1414.15:277:31
1514.15:267:32
1614.15:257:33
1714.25:247:34
1814.25:237:35
1914.25:227:35
2014.25:227:36
2114.35:217:37
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2314.35:197:39
2414.45:197:40
2514.45:187:41
2614.45:177:42
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2814.45:167:43
2914.55:167:44
3014.55:157:45
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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 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Shahrisabz

In seasonPeak

None of Shahrisabz's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Shahrisabz's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Shahrisabz?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shahrisabz in May

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

In May, Shahrisabz sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Shahrisabz in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shahrisabz peaks around June 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 highModerateJun 16UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Shahrisabz 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 Shahrisabz is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1233 µg/m³Jan 1216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Shahrisabz?

Shahrisabz sits at 39.1°N, 66.8°E, 631 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Kitob, 8.0 km away.

PanjakentBulung’ur Shahri

Topography around Shahrisabz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shahrisabz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 628 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,997 m.

The land around Shahrisabz is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
440 m
80 km
3,997 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Kitob 8.0 km · Chiroqchi 23 km · Urgut Shahri 54 km · Samarkand 67 km · G‘uzor 70 km · Juma Shahri 75 km · Panjakent 83 km · Bulung’ur Shahri 87 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 Shahrisabz (39.0578°, 66.8342°, elevation 631 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).