Climate averages 1991–2020
Turkistan weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, 1.8°C cooler than Turkistan, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Turkistan is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.9 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Turkistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 6.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 33.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 6.8 | 9.09 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
August in nearby cities
- Shymkent in AugustKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Chirchiq in AugustUzbekistan · 230 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Tashkent in AugustUzbekistan · 239 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Taraz in AugustKazakhstan · 257 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Kyzylorda in AugustKazakhstan · 280 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Olmaliq in AugustUzbekistan · 294 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Angren in AugustUzbekistan · 297 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Guliston in AugustUzbekistan · 314 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.8 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 Turkistan) is explained once on the Turkistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.