Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Balqash: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (332 km away). In July its highs average 29.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Balqash, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks 12th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 28.7°C; Balqash is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Taldykorgan in JulyKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Karagandy in JulyKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Temirtau in JulyKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Sarqant in JulyKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Almaty in JulyKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Qarasu in JulyChina · 515 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Taraz in JulyKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in JulyKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 66 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.