Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In December its highs average 6.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Shymkent, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest December highs and 26th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Shymkent is 9.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Chirchiq in DecemberUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Tashkent in DecemberUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Angren in DecemberUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Turkistan in DecemberKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Taraz in DecemberKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Olmaliq in DecemberUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Chust in DecemberUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Guliston in DecemberUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 42 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.