Climate · Almaty

Almaty in May

Mild and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Almaty is mild: highs near 69°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Almaty is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
69°F21°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 56% of days
Daylight
14h 40mon average

Is May a good time to visit Almaty?


A good month, just outside Almaty's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 69°F in May, against 35°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in May, against 2°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

56% of days in May, against 21% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in May, against 18% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

14h 40m in May, against 9h 02m to 15h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April59°15°low 35°low 2°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. May69°21°low 44°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June77°25°low 52°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Almaty sits, in May

Asia/Almaty

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
4:29 AMsets 7:08 PM
Above the sea
890 mupland
Latitude
43.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Astana971 km north-west

The land around Almaty, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kazakhstan in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Almaty. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.