Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in April.
A cool, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Balqash: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (332 km away). In April its highs average 16.8°C, 5.7°C warmer than Balqash, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks 23rd of 26 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Balqash is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 10.2°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
Balqash climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.9°C-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 10 | 3.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.5°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 1.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 11 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 10 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 16 | 4.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 13 | 3.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Taldykorgan in AprilKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Karagandy in AprilKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Temirtau in AprilKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Sarqant in AprilKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Almaty in AprilKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Qarasu in AprilChina · 515 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Taraz in AprilKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AprilKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 21 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 Balqash) is explained once on the Balqash year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.