Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Aktau: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In August its highs average 32.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Aktau, with 5.2 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 8th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Aktau is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.0 mm to 9.6 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aktau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 14 | 4.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 12 | 2.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in AugustKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Derbent in AugustRussia · 295 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in AugustRussia · 299 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AugustRussia · 307 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AugustAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in AugustRussia · 373 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AugustAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in AugustAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aktau) is explained once on the Aktau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.