Climate averages 1991–2020
Almaty weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Almaty: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karakol (147 km away). In August its highs average 19.3°C, 6.6°C cooler than Almaty, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Almaty ranks 15th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 25th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Almaty is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Karakol in AugustKyrgyzstan · 147 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AugustKazakhstan · 228 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 301 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 331 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Sarqant in AugustKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Wensu in AugustChina · 351 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Aqsu in AugustChina · 360 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 363 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 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.