Climate averages 1991–2020
Almaty weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Almaty: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karakol (147 km away). In April its highs average 9.2°C, 4.8°C cooler than Almaty, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Almaty ranks joint 11th of 26 for the warmest April highs and 26th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Almaty is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Almaty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 138 | 14.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 145 | 15.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 93 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 57 | 8.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 9.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
April in nearby cities
- Karakol in AprilKyrgyzstan · 147 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AprilKazakhstan · 228 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Qarasu in AprilChina · 301 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Huocheng in AprilChina · 331 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Sarqant in AprilKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Wensu in AprilChina · 351 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Aqsu in AprilChina · 360 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Ghulja in AprilChina · 363 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 36 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 Almaty) is explained once on the Almaty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.