Turkistan climate

Name: Turkistan
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Turkistan is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.5 °C. March is the wettest month (36 mm) and September the driest (2.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Turkistan averages 261 mm of rain, 146 days above 25 °C and 108 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 227,098 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January -6.5 °C
Driest month September 2 mm
Wettest month March 36 mm
Least cloud August 11 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record February -27 °C

What to expectTurkistan through the year

Turkistan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.1 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 146 days a year reach 25 °C, 99 of them reach 30 °C, 108 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in September to 36 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.1 °C	34 mm	65 %
February	5.0 °C	33 mm	60 %
March	12.7 °C	36 mm	56 %
April	20.6 °C	32 mm	49 %
May	27.4 °C	28 mm	40 %
June	33.2 °C	9 mm	25 %
July	35.3 °C	6 mm	15 %
August	33.9 °C	3 mm	11 %
September	27.6 °C	2 mm	16 %
October	19.3 °C	14 mm	33 %
November	10.1 °C	33 mm	51 %
December	3.9 °C	32 mm	57 %

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	2.1 °C	-6.5 °C	-2.4 °C	16.8 °C	-26.9 °C	0	0	28
February	5.0 °C	-5.0 °C	-0.1 °C	22.5 °C	-27.5 °C	0	0	23
March	12.7 °C	1.1 °C	7.0 °C	30.1 °C	-13.5 °C	1	0	13
April	20.6 °C	8.2 °C	14.8 °C	35.9 °C	-5.2 °C	7	1	1
May	27.4 °C	14.4 °C	21.5 °C	40.6 °C	-0.3 °C	21	10	0
June	33.2 °C	19.7 °C	27.2 °C	43.2 °C	9.4 °C	29	24	0
July	35.3 °C	22.2 °C	29.4 °C	45.3 °C	14.5 °C	31	29	0
August	33.9 °C	20.9 °C	27.9 °C	43.7 °C	9.7 °C	30	26	0
September	27.6 °C	14.6 °C	21.3 °C	40.1 °C	2.6 °C	21	10	0
October	19.3 °C	7.0 °C	13.1 °C	32.8 °C	-5.1 °C	5	1	2
November	10.1 °C	0.2 °C	4.9 °C	25.7 °C	-19.2 °C	0	0	14
December	3.9 °C	-4.8 °C	-0.8 °C	17.7 °C	-22.7 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	7	9.3 h/day	65 %	73 %	13 km/h
February	33 mm	6	10 h/day	60 %	69 %	15 km/h
March	36 mm	7	12 h/day	56 %	62 %	17 km/h
April	32 mm	6	13 h/day	49 %	51 %	20 km/h
May	28 mm	5	15 h/day	40 %	40 %	20 km/h
June	9 mm	2	15 h/day	25 %	30 %	20 km/h
July	6 mm	1	15 h/day	15 %	27 %	19 km/h
August	3 mm	1	14 h/day	11 %	26 %	20 km/h
September	2 mm	1	13 h/day	16 %	29 %	18 km/h
October	14 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	45 %	15 km/h
November	33 mm	6	9.7 h/day	51 %	64 %	14 km/h
December	32 mm	6	9.0 h/day	57 %	69 %	13 km/h

How Turkistan 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
Turkistan	35 °C	-6.5 °C	261 mm	146
Shymkent · Kazakhstan	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
Taraz · Kazakhstan	33 °C	-8.4 °C	389 mm	121
Kyzylorda · Kazakhstan	34 °C	-10.0 °C	127 mm	132
Angren · Uzbekistan	31 °C	-3.9 °C	811 mm	117

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Turkistan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Turkistan?

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

How hot does Turkistan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 99 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 108 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Turkistan?

March, averaging 36 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is September with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 261 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 Turkistan 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.