Altai Weather in May
Altai in May
The short of it: Altai in May averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 14 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 1° · rain 12 mm · daylight 14 h 58 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Altai an average May high of 14°, a low of 1° and some 12 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 14°; nights run about 1°. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 4th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 58 min in mid-May, 88 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Altai runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Uliastay, 159 km to the NNE, is 3° warmer by day.
May in Altai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UliastayDzabkhan | 159 km NNE | 17° | 2° | 14 mm |
| TosontsengelDzabkhan | 306 km NNE | 16° | 0° | 15 mm |
| BayanhongorBayankhongor | 343 km E | 17° | 3° | 15 mm |
| BürenhayrhanHovd | 364 km W | 21° | 8° | 9.0 mm |
| HoriultBayankhongor | 373 km ESE | 21° | 7° | 7.0 mm |
| KhovdHovd | 393 km WNW | 20° | 6° | 10 mm |
| Sandaoling Lutiankuang Wuqi NongchangXinjiang | 459 km SW | 27° | 12° | 5.0 mm |
| MörönKhövsgöl Province | 465 km NE | 19° | 2° | 14 mm |