Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In July its highs average 32.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Shymkent, with 9.4 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks joint 5th of 26 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 26 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 26 cities is 28.7°C; Shymkent is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 7.7 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Chirchiq in JulyUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Tashkent in JulyUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Angren in JulyUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Turkistan in JulyKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Taraz in JulyKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Olmaliq in JulyUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Chust in JulyUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Guliston in JulyUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.7 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.