Climate averages 1991–2020

Shymkent weather
in November.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 11.3°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 0.8°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 63 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a cool month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In November its highs average 12.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Shymkent, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest November highs and 26th of 26 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 26 cities is 2.6°C; Shymkent is 8.8°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

November 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. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shymkent, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.9°C-6.0°C-6.0°C6910.79.59 h
February 6.0°C-4.5°C-4.5°C7910.410.511 h
March 12.8°C1.3°C1.3°C8511.611.912 h
April 19.1°C7.3°C7.3°C9411.313.313 h
May 24.5°C12.4°C12.4°C649.214.615 h
June 29.9°C16.8°C16.8°C275.515.215 h
July 32.7°C19.2°C19.2°C122.614.915 h
August 32.0°C18.2°C18.2°C7.71.413.914 h
September 26.7°C13.2°C13.2°C102.012.513 h
October 19.1°C6.8°C6.8°C345.211.111 h
November, selected 11.3°C0.8°C0.8°C638.69.810 h
December 5.4°C-4.5°C-4.5°C689.79.29 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Shymkent

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 Shymkent) is explained once on the Shymkent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.