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Almaty in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Almaty is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Almaty is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
13h 53mon average

Is August a good time to visit Almaty?

Yes. August is one of Almaty's best months (June to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in August, against 35°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 2°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in August, against 21% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

18% cover in August, against 18% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

13h 53m in August, against 9h 02m to 15h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July81°27°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August81°27°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September73°23°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Almaty sits, in August

Asia/Almaty
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
4:57 AMsets 6:57 PM
Above the sea
890 mupland
Latitude
43.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Astana971 km north-west

The land around Almaty, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kazakhstan in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Almaty

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Almaty. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.