Shymkent climate

Name: Shymkent
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Shymkent is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.0 °C. April is the wettest month (91 mm) and August the driest (7.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shymkent averages 611 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 103 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 1,200,000 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January -6.0 °C
Driest month August 7 mm
Wettest month April 91 mm
Least cloud August 12 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -24 °C

What to expectShymkent through the year

Shymkent has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.9 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 75 of them reach 30 °C, 103 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 91 mm against 7 mm in August — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.9 °C	68 mm	66 %
February	6.0 °C	80 mm	65 %
March	12.8 °C	86 mm	63 %
April	19.2 °C	91 mm	55 %
May	24.7 °C	64 mm	44 %
June	30.1 °C	27 mm	28 %
July	32.9 °C	12 mm	16 %
August	32.2 °C	7 mm	12 %
September	26.8 °C	10 mm	17 %
October	19.1 °C	35 mm	36 %
November	11.3 °C	63 mm	54 %
December	5.4 °C	68 mm	60 %

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	3.9 °C	-6.0 °C	-1.2 °C	18.6 °C	-23.6 °C	0	0	27
February	6.0 °C	-4.8 °C	0.6 °C	22.9 °C	-22.3 °C	0	0	22
March	12.8 °C	1.0 °C	7.1 °C	28.5 °C	-17.2 °C	0	0	13
April	19.2 °C	6.9 °C	13.5 °C	33.3 °C	-7.0 °C	4	0	2
May	24.7 °C	12.0 °C	18.9 °C	36.1 °C	-1.6 °C	15	3	0
June	30.1 °C	16.5 °C	24.0 °C	39.5 °C	8.1 °C	27	16	0
July	32.9 °C	18.9 °C	26.7 °C	41.4 °C	12.8 °C	31	25	0
August	32.2 °C	17.9 °C	25.7 °C	41.0 °C	7.2 °C	30	23	0
September	26.8 °C	12.6 °C	20.0 °C	36.6 °C	1.7 °C	20	7	0
October	19.1 °C	6.3 °C	12.6 °C	33.2 °C	-8.1 °C	4	0	2
November	11.3 °C	0.6 °C	5.6 °C	29.8 °C	-18.8 °C	0	0	12
December	5.4 °C	-4.6 °C	0.1 °C	18.9 °C	-23.3 °C	0	0	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	68 mm	10	9.4 h/day	66 %	75 %	12 km/h
February	80 mm	10	11 h/day	65 %	73 %	13 km/h
March	86 mm	12	12 h/day	63 %	70 %	14 km/h
April	91 mm	11	13 h/day	55 %	66 %	14 km/h
May	64 mm	9	15 h/day	44 %	59 %	14 km/h
June	27 mm	5	15 h/day	28 %	47 %	14 km/h
July	12 mm	2	15 h/day	16 %	38 %	14 km/h
August	7 mm	1	14 h/day	12 %	37 %	14 km/h
September	10 mm	2	13 h/day	17 %	42 %	13 km/h
October	35 mm	5	11 h/day	36 %	56 %	12 km/h
November	63 mm	8	9.8 h/day	54 %	69 %	12 km/h
December	68 mm	9	9.1 h/day	60 %	74 %	12 km/h

How Shymkent 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
Shymkent	33 °C	-6.0 °C	611 mm	131
Chirchiq · Uzbekistan	32 °C	-6.5 °C	653 mm	129
Tashkent · Uzbekistan	35 °C	-5.1 °C	579 mm	147
Angren · Uzbekistan	31 °C	-3.9 °C	811 mm	117
Turkistan · Kazakhstan	35 °C	-6.5 °C	261 mm	146
Taraz · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-8.4 °C	389 mm	121
Namangan · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-3.9 °C	326 mm	161

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shymkent’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shymkent?

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

How hot does Shymkent get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 75 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 103 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shymkent?

April, averaging 91 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 611 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 Shymkent 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
Data point: 42.310°, 69.600° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.