Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd 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 Balqash: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (332 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Balqash, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks 13th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Balqash is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 3.9 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Taldykorgan in AugustKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Karagandy in AugustKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Temirtau in AugustKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Sarqant in AugustKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Almaty in AugustKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 515 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Taraz in AugustKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AugustKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 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.