Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in August.
A mild, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Karakol: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, 6.6°C warmer than Karakol, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Karakol is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 78 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
Karakol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.6°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 23 | 5.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.7°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 23 | 6.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 70 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 94 | 18.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 18.5 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 78 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 9.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | -3.1°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 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
- Almaty in AugustKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Wensu in AugustChina · 204 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Aqsu in AugustChina · 213 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Qarasu in AugustChina · 251 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Huocheng in AugustChina · 265 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in AugustKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Ghulja in AugustChina · 285 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Tumxuk in AugustChina · 297 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 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 Karakol) is explained once on the Karakol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.