Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Aktau: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In July its highs average 34.1°C, 2.8°C warmer than Aktau, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 8th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 28.7°C; Aktau is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.8 mm to 8.0 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in JulyKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Derbent in JulyRussia · 295 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in JulyRussia · 299 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Makhachkala in JulyRussia · 307 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Sumgayit in JulyAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in JulyRussia · 373 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Khirdalan in JulyAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in JulyAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 6.7 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.