Taraz climate

Name: Taraz
Address: KZ

Taraz is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.4 °C. April is the wettest month (60 mm) and August the driest (9.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Taraz averages 389 mm of rain, 121 days above 25 °C and 136 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 358,153 · 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 -8.4 °C
Driest month August 9 mm
Wettest month April 60 mm
Least cloud August 18 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record December -31 °C

What to expectTaraz through the year

Taraz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.8 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 29 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 121 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C, 136 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 60 mm against 9 mm in August — 6.4 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	32 mm	67 %
February	3.8 °C	40 mm	68 %
March	10.7 °C	50 mm	64 %
April	17.8 °C	60 mm	57 %
May	24.0 °C	39 mm	48 %
June	29.9 °C	25 mm	35 %
July	32.5 °C	14 mm	23 %
August	31.4 °C	9 mm	18 %
September	25.3 °C	13 mm	22 %
October	17.3 °C	31 mm	39 %
November	8.7 °C	42 mm	57 %
December	2.8 °C	33 mm	63 %

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	-8.4 °C	-3.6 °C	17.6 °C	-29.7 °C	0	0	30
February	3.8 °C	-7.1 °C	-1.8 °C	22.5 °C	-26.7 °C	0	0	27
March	10.7 °C	-1.5 °C	4.7 °C	27.1 °C	-24.7 °C	0	0	19
April	17.8 °C	4.3 °C	11.5 °C	32.3 °C	-8.9 °C	3	0	4
May	24.0 °C	9.7 °C	17.6 °C	36.3 °C	-2.6 °C	13	3	0
June	29.9 °C	14.7 °C	23.3 °C	40.4 °C	6.6 °C	27	15	0
July	32.5 °C	17.5 °C	25.9 °C	42.3 °C	9.9 °C	30	24	0
August	31.4 °C	16.3 °C	24.5 °C	41.5 °C	6.0 °C	29	21	0
September	25.3 °C	10.9 °C	18.4 °C	37.3 °C	1.0 °C	16	5	0
October	17.3 °C	4.0 °C	10.6 °C	32.6 °C	-10.1 °C	3	0	5
November	8.7 °C	-2.4 °C	2.8 °C	27.8 °C	-28.9 °C	0	0	21
December	2.8 °C	-7.3 °C	-2.6 °C	18.2 °C	-31.1 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	8	9.4 h/day	67 %	71 %	10 km/h
February	40 mm	8	11 h/day	68 %	73 %	11 km/h
March	50 mm	10	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	12 km/h
April	60 mm	10	13 h/day	57 %	67 %	14 km/h
May	39 mm	8	15 h/day	48 %	57 %	15 km/h
June	25 mm	6	15 h/day	35 %	44 %	15 km/h
July	14 mm	4	15 h/day	23 %	37 %	15 km/h
August	9 mm	2	14 h/day	18 %	36 %	14 km/h
September	13 mm	2	13 h/day	22 %	42 %	13 km/h
October	31 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	59 %	12 km/h
November	42 mm	8	9.7 h/day	57 %	72 %	11 km/h
December	33 mm	7	9.0 h/day	63 %	73 %	10 km/h

How Taraz 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
Taraz	33 °C	-8.4 °C	389 mm	121
Shymkent · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-6.0 °C	611 mm	131
Namangan · Uzbekistan	37 °C	-3.9 °C	326 mm	161
Chirchiq · Uzbekistan	32 °C	-6.5 °C	653 mm	129
Angren · Uzbekistan	31 °C	-3.9 °C	811 mm	117
Andijon · Uzbekistan	36 °C	-4.4 °C	365 mm	154
Tashkent · Uzbekistan	35 °C	-5.1 °C	579 mm	147

Where Taraz ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	48th of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Taraz’s climate

When is the best time to visit Taraz?

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 Taraz get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 69 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -8.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 136 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Taraz?

April, averaging 60 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 389 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 Taraz 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: 42.898°, 71.373° (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.