Climate averages 1991–2020
Taraz weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Taraz: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (159 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, 2.3°C warmer than Taraz, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Taraz ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Taraz is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Shymkent in DecemberKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Chust in DecemberUzbekistan · 211 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Namangan in DecemberUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Chirchiq in DecemberUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Angren in DecemberUzbekistan · 233 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Andijon in DecemberUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Shahrixon in DecemberUzbekistan · 249 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Tashkent in DecemberUzbekistan · 254 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 61 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.