Ust-Kamenogorsk climate

Name: Ust-Kamenogorsk
Address: KZ

Ust-Kamenogorsk is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -19 °C. July is the wettest month (66 mm) and February the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ust-Kamenogorsk averages 549 mm of rain, 65 days above 25 °C and 184 days below freezing.

Kazakhstan · population 319,067 · 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 -19 °C
Driest month February 29 mm
Wettest month July 66 mm
Least cloud August 42 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -42 °C

What to expectUst-Kamenogorsk through the year

Ust-Kamenogorsk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -9.4 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 35 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 65 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 184 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 29 mm in February to 66 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-9.4 °C	32 mm	66 %
February	-6.5 °C	29 mm	66 %
March	0.5 °C	37 mm	60 %
April	12.4 °C	48 mm	54 %
May	20.0 °C	53 mm	47 %
June	25.1 °C	50 mm	47 %
July	26.6 °C	66 mm	49 %
August	25.6 °C	44 mm	42 %
September	19.3 °C	38 mm	46 %
October	10.7 °C	50 mm	57 %
November	-0.3 °C	57 mm	68 %
December	-7.1 °C	45 mm	70 %

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	-9.4 °C	-18.7 °C	-13.8 °C	5.4 °C	-41.7 °C	0	0	31
February	-6.5 °C	-17.4 °C	-11.6 °C	9.0 °C	-38.3 °C	0	0	28
March	0.5 °C	-11.0 °C	-4.8 °C	19.6 °C	-33.2 °C	0	0	30
April	12.4 °C	-1.0 °C	6.1 °C	29.2 °C	-15.8 °C	1	0	18
May	20.0 °C	5.7 °C	13.6 °C	34.0 °C	-4.6 °C	6	1	3
June	25.1 °C	12.5 °C	19.3 °C	35.6 °C	3.0 °C	16	5	0
July	26.6 °C	14.7 °C	21.0 °C	38.8 °C	5.6 °C	20	6	0
August	25.6 °C	12.7 °C	19.6 °C	39.5 °C	2.1 °C	17	5	0
September	19.3 °C	6.2 °C	13.1 °C	35.9 °C	-4.0 °C	5	1	1
October	10.7 °C	-0.0 °C	5.3 °C	25.9 °C	-15.2 °C	0	0	15
November	-0.3 °C	-9.0 °C	-4.5 °C	18.2 °C	-35.1 °C	0	0	28
December	-7.1 °C	-15.8 °C	-11.1 °C	6.9 °C	-41.7 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	8	8.6 h/day	66 %	70 %	13 km/h
February	29 mm	7	10 h/day	66 %	72 %	13 km/h
March	37 mm	8	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	13 km/h
April	48 mm	9	14 h/day	54 %	65 %	15 km/h
May	53 mm	8	15 h/day	47 %	60 %	16 km/h
June	50 mm	9	16 h/day	47 %	63 %	14 km/h
July	66 mm	11	16 h/day	49 %	67 %	13 km/h
August	44 mm	7	14 h/day	42 %	61 %	14 km/h
September	38 mm	7	13 h/day	46 %	61 %	14 km/h
October	50 mm	9	11 h/day	57 %	67 %	14 km/h
November	57 mm	10	9.1 h/day	68 %	72 %	14 km/h
December	45 mm	10	8.1 h/day	70 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Ust-Kamenogorsk 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
Ust-Kamenogorsk	27 °C	-19 °C	549 mm	65
Semey · Kazakhstan	28 °C	-20 °C	301 mm	80
Rubtsovsk · Russia	26 °C	-19 °C	420 mm	62
Biysk · Russia	26 °C	-20 °C	553 mm	50
Tacheng · China	29 °C	-14 °C	324 mm	91
Barnaul · Russia	25 °C	-20 °C	526 mm	42
Jinshanlu · China	26 °C	-21 °C	268 mm	54

Where Ust-Kamenogorsk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	9th of 50	92/100
The coolest places in Asia in March	13th of 50	0.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia in October	19th of 50	11 °C
The coolest places in Asia in February	22nd of 50	-6.5 °C
The coolest places in Asia year-round	23rd of 50	9.7 °C
The coolest places in Asia in November	24th of 50	-0.3 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ust-Kamenogorsk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ust-Kamenogorsk?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ust-Kamenogorsk get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 18 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -19 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 184 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ust-Kamenogorsk?

July, averaging 66 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is February with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 549 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk 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: 49.971°, 82.606° (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.