Climate averages 1991–2020

Semey weather
in September.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.8°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 8.4°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 20 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Semey · average highYear overview

September is a mild month in Semey: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In September its highs average 18.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Semey, with 32 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks 16th of 26 for the warmest September highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 26 cities is 20.9°C; Semey is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 8.6°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -25-20-15-10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Semey, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -10.9°C-19.5°C-19.5°C165.08.59 h
February -7.8°C-17.4°C-17.4°C174.610.010 h
March 0.6°C-9.9°C-9.9°C215.411.812 h
April 13.6°C0.6°C0.6°C235.413.814 h
May 21.5°C8.3°C8.3°C266.615.415 h
June 27.0°C14.9°C14.9°C296.816.416 h
July 28.2°C17.1°C17.1°C459.816.016 h
August 26.5°C15.0°C15.0°C245.714.515 h
September, selected 19.8°C8.4°C8.4°C205.112.713 h
October 11.1°C1.4°C1.4°C246.010.811 h
November -0.2°C-8.0°C-8.0°C286.89.19 h
December -7.6°C-15.7°C-15.7°C227.08.18 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Semey

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 limits

How 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.