Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Shymkent, with 5.9 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks joint 4th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Shymkent is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.7 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Chirchiq in AugustUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Tashkent in AugustUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Angren in AugustUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Turkistan in AugustKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Taraz in AugustKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AugustUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Chust in AugustUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Guliston in AugustUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.8 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.