Climate averages 1991–2020
Taraz 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 Taraz: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (159 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Taraz, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Taraz ranks 6th of 26 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Taraz is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Taraz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 32 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 4.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 40 | 8.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 60 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 39 | 8.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 30.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 6.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 32.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 14 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 31 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.0°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.1°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 33 | 6.9 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Shymkent in AugustKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Chust in AugustUzbekistan · 211 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Namangan in AugustUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Chirchiq in AugustUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Angren in AugustUzbekistan · 233 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Andijon in AugustUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Shahrixon in AugustUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Tashkent in AugustUzbekistan · 254 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.6 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 Taraz) is explained once on the Taraz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.