Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarqant weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th 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 Sarqant: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (129 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 3.7°C warmer than Sarqant, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Sarqant ranks 17th of 26 for the warmest August highs and joint 18th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Sarqant is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 31 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
Sarqant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 0.1°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 6.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 8.89 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 · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 140 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 169 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Bole in AugustChina · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 200 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Tacheng in AugustChina · 277 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Almaty in AugustKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Xinyuan in AugustChina · 345 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 51 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 Sarqant) is explained once on the Sarqant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.