Climate averages 1991–2020
Semey weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 7th 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 Semey: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In August its highs average 24.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Semey, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks 14th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Semey is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 20 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
Semey climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-19.5°C | -19.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 8.59 h |
| February | -7.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 21 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 5.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 6.8 | 16.416 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 6.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 28 | 6.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | -7.6°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 8.18 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
- Rubtsovsk in AugustRussia · 139 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in AugustKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Pavlodar in AugustKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in AugustKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Barnaul in AugustRussia · 405 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Biysk in AugustRussia · 415 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Tacheng in AugustChina · 455 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Karagandy in AugustKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 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 Semey) is explained once on the Semey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.