Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanaozen 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 Zhanaozen: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aktau (141 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 2.2°C cooler than Zhanaozen, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 26 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 26 cities is 27.4°C; Zhanaozen is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.2 mm to 8.1 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
Zhanaozen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Aktau in AugustKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Türkmenbaşy in AugustTurkmenistan · 369 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 25.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Derbent in AugustRussia · 400 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Sumgayit in AugustAzerbaijan · 404 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in AugustAzerbaijan · 405 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Baku in AugustAzerbaijan · 411 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Khirdalan in AugustAzerbaijan · 412 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Atyrau in AugustKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.8 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 Zhanaozen) is explained once on the Zhanaozen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.