Almaty climate

Name: Almaty
Address: KZ

Almaty is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.0 °C. May is the wettest month (139 mm) and January the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Almaty averages 823 mm of rain, 66 days above 25 °C and 149 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 1,977,011 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 27 °C
Coldest month January -9.0 °C
Driest month January 28 mm
Wettest month May 139 mm
Least cloud August 38 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January -30 °C

What to expectAlmaty through the year

Almaty has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.8 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 66 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C, 149 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 139 mm against 28 mm in January — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.8 °C	28 mm	59 %
February	0.2 °C	39 mm	61 %
March	6.9 °C	81 mm	62 %
April	14.1 °C	132 mm	60 %
May	19.5 °C	139 mm	61 %
June	24.3 °C	87 mm	56 %
July	27.0 °C	69 mm	44 %
August	26.2 °C	51 mm	38 %
September	21.3 °C	50 mm	39 %
October	14.1 °C	59 mm	45 %
November	5.8 °C	52 mm	56 %
December	0.0 °C	35 mm	58 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-1.8 °C	-9.0 °C	-5.4 °C	11.5 °C	-30.0 °C	0	0	30
February	0.2 °C	-7.2 °C	-3.3 °C	16.3 °C	-23.8 °C	0	0	27
March	6.9 °C	-1.9 °C	2.7 °C	25.2 °C	-19.8 °C	0	0	20
April	14.1 °C	2.9 °C	9.0 °C	30.6 °C	-13.5 °C	1	0	8
May	19.5 °C	7.3 °C	14.1 °C	31.5 °C	-7.1 °C	3	0	1
June	24.3 °C	11.6 °C	18.7 °C	34.2 °C	1.5 °C	13	1	0
July	27.0 °C	14.0 °C	21.4 °C	37.7 °C	5.8 °C	22	6	0
August	26.2 °C	13.2 °C	20.4 °C	36.5 °C	2.3 °C	20	5	0
September	21.3 °C	8.8 °C	15.5 °C	33.5 °C	-0.9 °C	8	1	0
October	14.1 °C	2.4 °C	8.2 °C	27.4 °C	-12.2 °C	1	0	8
November	5.8 °C	-4.0 °C	0.6 °C	24.5 °C	-20.6 °C	0	0	25
December	0.0 °C	-7.9 °C	-4.0 °C	12.2 °C	-25.4 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	7	9.3 h/day	59 %	57 %	12 km/h
February	39 mm	7	10 h/day	61 %	61 %	11 km/h
March	81 mm	12	12 h/day	62 %	64 %	10 km/h
April	132 mm	14	13 h/day	60 %	67 %	9.5 km/h
May	139 mm	15	15 h/day	61 %	65 %	9.2 km/h
June	87 mm	12	15 h/day	56 %	59 %	9.9 km/h
July	69 mm	9	15 h/day	44 %	53 %	9.9 km/h
August	51 mm	8	14 h/day	38 %	51 %	9.5 km/h
September	50 mm	8	13 h/day	39 %	53 %	9.1 km/h
October	59 mm	9	11 h/day	45 %	62 %	8.0 km/h
November	52 mm	8	9.7 h/day	56 %	67 %	8.0 km/h
December	35 mm	7	9.0 h/day	58 %	61 %	10 km/h

How Almaty compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Almaty	27 °C	-9.0 °C	823 mm	66
Bishkek · Kyrgyzstan	29 °C	-9.2 °C	647 mm	91
Huocheng · China	30 °C	-12 °C	216 mm	108
Aqsu · China	31 °C	-11 °C	130 mm	123
Ghulja · China	30 °C	-10 °C	292 mm	109
Artux · China	33 °C	-9.1 °C	116 mm	135
Kashgar · China	33 °C	-9.6 °C	166 mm	141

Where Almaty ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	14thof 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	21stof 50	85/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Almaty.

QuestionsCommon questions about Almaty’s climate

When is the best time to visit Almaty?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Almaty get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 149 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Almaty?

May, averaging 139 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 823 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Almaty rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.