Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Astana: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In August its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Astana, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Astana is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 25 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
Astana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 14 | 4.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.8°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.1°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 20 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 25 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 45 | 8.6 | 16.516 h |
| July | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 26 | 6.5 | 9.09 h |
| December | -8.7°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 21 | 6.3 | 8.08 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
- Temirtau in AugustKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Karagandy in AugustKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Kokshetau in AugustKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AugustKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Pavlodar in AugustKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Petropavl in AugustKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Omsk in AugustRussia · 443 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in AugustKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 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 Astana) is explained once on the Astana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.