Termez weather in May

In May, Termez sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Termez's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Termez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
5:27 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
33%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Termez is town in Uzbekistan.

Founded
~497 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 31°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Termez reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 39°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)
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How May really feels in Termez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 23 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
23
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.

Termez weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 266.81.29.72.5
Feb13° / 327.21.210.63.7
Mar19° / 398.10.211.76.3
Apr27° / 15°305.6012.97.1
May33° / 20°153.60144.1
Jun38° / 24°31.1014.51.1
Jul40° / 25°00.1014.30.0
Aug38° / 23°00013.41.4
Sep33° / 18°10.2012.35.0
Oct26° / 12°410118.8
Nov17° / 194.70.3106.3
Dec12° / 214.719.53.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% 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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Termez gets around 15 mm of rain over 3.6 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 12% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 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 5:43 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:437:13
213.55:427:14
313.65:407:15
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613.75:377:18
713.75:367:19
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1013.85:337:22
1113.85:327:22
1213.95:317:23
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1413.95:297:25
1514.05:287:26
1614.05:277:27
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1814.05:267:29
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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 7.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.38 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 7.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Termez

In seasonPeak

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

Termez sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Termez?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Termez in May

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

In May, Termez sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Termez 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 Termez peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 23UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Termez 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 Termez is worst in May — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1036 µg/m³Jan 1420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr35Poor
May36Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Termez?

Termez sits at 37.2°N, 67.3°E, 304 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Mazār-e Sharīf, 59 km away.

Sho‘rchiBoysunQarqīnMoskovskiy

Topography around Termez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Termez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 300 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,242 m.

The land around Termez is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (48%), grassland (23%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
116 m
80 km
2,242 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Mazār-e Sharīf 59 km · Balkh 62 km · Khulm 69 km · Zarhalol 83 km · Sho‘rchi 97 km · Boysun 110 km · Qarqīn 111 km · Moskovskiy 123 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 Termez (37.2242°, 67.2783°, elevation 304 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).