Climate averages 1991–2020
Turkistan weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Turkistan, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 3rd of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Turkistan is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 2.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Shymkent in DecemberKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Chirchiq in DecemberUzbekistan · 230 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Tashkent in DecemberUzbekistan · 239 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Taraz in DecemberKazakhstan · 257 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Kyzylorda in DecemberKazakhstan · 280 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Olmaliq in DecemberUzbekistan · 294 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Angren in DecemberUzbekistan · 297 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Guliston in DecemberUzbekistan · 314 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 42 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.