Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In April its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Shymkent, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 14.3°C; Shymkent is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Shymkent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 69 | 10.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 6.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 79 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 85 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 94 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 29.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 10 | 2.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 68 | 9.7 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
April in nearby cities
- Chirchiq in AprilUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Tashkent in AprilUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Angren in AprilUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Turkistan in AprilKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Taraz in AprilKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AprilUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Chust in AprilUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Guliston in AprilUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.9°C · 74 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 Shymkent) is explained once on the Shymkent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.