Best time to visit Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan in this dataset covers 2 cities with distinct NASA POWER grid cells (plus nearby cities that share a cell). Annual rainfall among those cities runs from 371 mm in Astana to 467 mm in Almaty. The monthly-average temperature swing is 26.7–37.2°C depending on the city.

Every city we list in Kazakhstan falls in a continental climate with a wide temperature swing.

Regional contrasts in Kazakhstan

The hottest peak in the sample is Almaty in July (26.7°C). The coldest monthly average is Astana in January (-16.9°C). Almaty takes the most rain (467 mm a year, wettest in April); Astana takes the least (371 mm).

Warmest-month averages in the set range from 20.3°C to 26.7°C. Use the city pages for the month-by-month table; this page is the contrast between places.

Best months by region

Kazakhstan: typical hottest-month average 23.5°C and about 419 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Almaty (June, August, and September); Astana (June, July, and August).

Almaty in Kazakhstan

Almaty sits at 43.25°, 76.91°. It is a continental climate with a wide temperature swing. July is the warmest month at 26.7°C (high 33.8°C); January is the coolest at 0.0°C (low -4.6°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 26.7°C.

The wet season runs from April to May. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, August, and September. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,977,011. The wettest month is April (77 mm, 11 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is September (22 mm).

Astana in Kazakhstan

Astana sits at 51.18°, 71.45°. It is a continental climate with a wide temperature swing. July is the warmest month at 20.3°C (high 26.4°C); January is the coolest at -16.9°C (low -20.7°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 37.2°C.

Rainfall totals 371 mm, heaviest in July (55 mm) and lightest in February (20 mm). The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,544,142. The wettest month is July (55 mm, 11 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is February (20 mm).