Climate averages 1991–2020
Atyrau 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 Atyrau: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 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 14 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Astrakhan (305 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Atyrau, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Atyrau ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Atyrau is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 9.1 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
Atyrau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 15 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 24.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 5.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 15.516 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 2.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | -0.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 8.69 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
- Astrakhan in AugustRussia · 305 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Aktau in AugustKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in AugustKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Oral in AugustKazakhstan · 462 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Aktobe in AugustKazakhstan · 526 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Volzhsky in AugustRussia · 561 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Orenburg in AugustRussia · 568 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Makhachkala in AugustRussia · 574 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 52 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 Atyrau) is explained once on the Atyrau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.